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Jürgen Rösch's avatar
Jürgen Rösch
Copper Contributor
Sep 08, 2017
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Exchange Online New-Mailuser missing

Hello,   since a few weeks, my Powershell-Script is not working anymore to create Mail-Only Users. Any ideas where the command is gone?   Thats the error:     Error:  System.Management.Automat...
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  • VasilMichev's avatar
    VasilMichev
    Sep 09, 2017

    Also make sure you have the relevant permissions. By default, you need to have the "Mail Recipient Creation" role assigned in order to use this cmdlet.

TonyRedmond's avatar
TonyRedmond
MVP
Sep 08, 2017

I just ran New-MailUser and was able to create a new object. Are you absolutely sure that you have connected a session to Exchange Online?

VasilMichev's avatar
VasilMichev
MVP
Sep 09, 2017

Also make sure you have the relevant permissions. By default, you need to have the "Mail Recipient Creation" role assigned in order to use this cmdlet.

  • Jürgen Rösch's avatar
    Jürgen Rösch
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 09, 2017

    Hey.. that was the problem... I was using a different user in the past. No I've changed back and it's working again.

     

    Thanks

  • TonyRedmond's avatar
    TonyRedmond
    MVP
    Sep 09, 2017

    That's possible - maybe a different account is being used to run the script?

     

    To add a little background, when you create a remote PowerShell session to Exchange, the set of cmdlets loaded into the session depends on the RBAC roles assigned to the account. As Vasil notes, if that account has not been assigned the Mail Recipient Creation role, it won't see the cmdlet.