This page explains how to create
Contact and - Mailcontact objects in Exchange 2007. If you are looking for a straightforward example to learn Exchange 2007
PowerShell commands, then Mailcontact is an ideal vehicle to practise.
The key verbs are: get,
new and disable.
To begin with, I recommend a walk-through with
the Exchange Management Console. Firstly it
will clarify the objects that we are creating, secondly it will alert you to nuances such as Aliases don't have spaces.
Our mission is to achieve with PowerShell what you could do manually with the Wizard (See Right). Once you issue the plain command New-Mailcontact, you need to provide information about:
Once created you should see your new Mailcontact. Try viewing all such objects try:
Get-mailcontact | ft -autosize name, alias, ExternalEmailAddress.
Note: ft is an alias or shorthand for format-Table.
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Disabling is different from deleting the object. Disabled Mail Contacts appear in the
Exchange System Manager and can be verified by comparing Get-Mailcontact with Get-Contacts. You can also confirm by checking the contents of the Disconnected folder in the Exchange Management Console.
Example 2 Disable a Mailcontact
Disable_Mailcontact 'Eddie Jones'
Note: For names with
spaces, enclose them with single quotes.
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