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How to change Alias name in Office 365
I can't change alias name where appeared the message " the object is being synchronized from your on-premises organization. This action should be performed on the object in your on-premises organization "
Any help please .....
- If you are running a hybrid config, you need to use the set-remotemailbox with the -alias parameter with the on premises Exchange shell instead.
Set-remotemailbox -identity walid.fawzy@contoso.com -alias wfawzy
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Hi Walid Fawzy,
You can change it using this article https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2824766/mailnickname-or-alias-attribute-in-exchange-online-doesn-t-match-what
- Hi , Nuno Silva
Thanks for your reply , mailnickname didn't appear in attribute editor of users .
How can i add this attribute ?
Thanks in advance ......Hi Walid Fawzy,
What steps are you performing ? What solution you have implemented ? What consoles are you running to do the commands ?
Try this https://blog.netwrix.com/2017/02/02/using-ad-to-add-an-alias-to-an-office-three-six-five-email-account/
Yes, this is what i'm doing personally and it seems more user friendly for not powershell savvy users. Just edit some attribute and add new smtp string. And you don't have to keep on-prem Exchange just to add aliases..
- I added aliases by using smtp small character but didn't change .
i applied those steps but didn't work
- If you are running a hybrid config, you need to use the set-remotemailbox with the -alias parameter with the on premises Exchange shell instead.
Set-remotemailbox -identity walid.fawzy@contoso.com -alias wfawzyI applied that command with power shell but appears error
Set-remotemailbox : The term 'Set-remotemailbox' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Did you run the cmdlet in an Exchange Management Shell (EMS)? The cmdlet is not available in a regular PowerShell session.
Which version of Exchange is in use on-premises?
-Thomas
