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Kristopherw
Nov 12, 2019Copper Contributor
How to bulk add external recipients to an Office365 Distribution List?
Hello, I'm trying to add our email addresses (external addresses) to a Distribution List in Office365. I've followed this link https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-to-...
- Nov 20, 2019That cmdlet is gathering the data from Displayname column from the CSV (-Member $_.DisplayName), you will need to change the column or the script.
eg:.
$Members | ForEach {Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity TestDL -Member $_.ExternalEmailAddress}
Kristopherw
Copper Contributor
Thanks for responding Ricardo Viana , I'll give it a try.
Kristopherw
Nov 20, 2019Copper Contributor
I'm now receiving the below message for Line 2 . Currently I only have Data in the ExternalEmailAddress and Name fields within the excel sheet. Which field is Member looking for
Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Member'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Add-DistributionGroupMember], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Add-DistributionGroupMember
+ PSComputerName : outlook.office365.com
- Ricardo VianaNov 20, 2019Steel ContributorThat cmdlet is gathering the data from Displayname column from the CSV (-Member $_.DisplayName), you will need to change the column or the script.
eg:.
$Members | ForEach {Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity TestDL -Member $_.ExternalEmailAddress}- KristopherwNov 24, 2019Copper Contributor