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John Twohig
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Dec 13, 2021
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Adding to Distribution List

I am not sure if this should be here or in Exchange.   We have a Distribution List where some members have email accounts in our O365 tenant and some members are outsiders. For outsiders we normall...
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  • VasilMichev's avatar
    VasilMichev
    Dec 16, 2021
    Name and Display name are two different parameters, what I'm saying is you should be able to keep display name as "FFF LLLL" while providing a unique value for the Name parameter.
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John Twohig
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Dec 14, 2021

VasilMichev 

 

When I try Get-Recipient I get the message: "Get-Recipient: The operation couldn't be performed because object 'XXX XXXXX' couldn't be found on 'CY4PR10A02DC004.NAMPR10A002.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM'."

 

Which makes sense because the user doesn't have a mailbox. 

 

I am not sure what you mean about referencing a user as I don't have a choice in what to enter. Display Name and Email are required fields. 

Thanks

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bbhorrigan
Brass Contributor
Dec 15, 2021
It sounds like you need to create a mail object for the user in your environment, that way it can be easily referenced, and doesn't have to be an internal object.

I would just create a mail contact.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/manage-mail-contacts
  • John Twohig's avatar
    John Twohig
    Iron Contributor
    Dec 15, 2021

    bbhorrigan 

     

    That is the problem. It won't let me create a mail contact. I didn't realize until I saw the message from VasilMichev that using Powershell would bypass the checking. 

     

    I was just about to do that when I saw your message that a mail object doesn't have to be internal. I am not sure how to create one but it gives me a direction to try a couple of things. If they don't work for me right away I will just create the mail contact with Powershell.

     

    Thanks

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      phorrigan2475
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 15, 2021
      Makes sense, let us know if it doesn't work.
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        John Twohig
        Iron Contributor
        Dec 15, 2021

        phorrigan2475 

        It didn't work in PowerShell. New-MailContact doesn't bypass the checking. I still get the same error message.

         

        I don't think I am trying to do something unusual. I think I am missing something so I will try to be more precise about what I am doing:

        • I have a new user FFF LLLL who needs access to some O365 and on-premises resources but doesn't need an O365 mailbox
        • I need to add him to a Distribution List with his personal email address.

        So I did the following:

        1. I created the user in our on-premises AD with:
          1. FirstName: FFF
          2. LastName: LLLL
          3. UPN: mailto:Email address removed
        2. ADConnect then synced the user to our Azure AD and O365
          1. The user then had access to the O365 resources he needed
        3. I then tried to add a mail contact with a name FFF LLLL and external email mailto:Email address removed but got the message that "There are multiple recipients matching identity "FFF LLLL". Please specify a unique value."

        Am I trying to go about this the wrong way?

         

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