Professional Windows® PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Working with User and

Group Objects

In Exchange Server 2000/2003, Exchange mailbox user objects are created in Active Directory and

thereafter can be viewed in Exchange System Manager. The only operations that can be performed

on these objects from the Exchange System Manager are to purge, reconnect, or run Exchange

tasks. Available tasks performed by the Exchange Tasks Wizard are limited to move mailbox,

delete mailbox, and configure Exchange features. No other Recipient type or group can be

managed in the Exchange System Manager. Moreover, it is difficult to distinguish Recipient types

simply by the object ’ s icon in Active Directory Users and Computers.

In Exchange Server 2007, however, creation and management of Recipient and group objects

including their Exchange - related properties have been incorporated into the Exchange

Management Console and Exchange Management Shell. The Exchange Management Shell enables

you to carry out various operations on Recipient and group objects, some of which are not

available in the Management Console. In addition, distinguishing Recipient types is easy in

Exchange Server 2007 because explicit Recipient Types properties have been added. Their icon

in the Exchange Management Console makes them easy to recognize or you can look at the

RecipientTypeDetails property for the Recipient in Exchange Management Shell. ...