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BPOS Distribution Lists- how to add multiple aliases to a DL?

Answered BPOS Distribution Lists- how to add multiple aliases to a DL?

  • Sunday, July 04, 2010 12:28 AM
     
     
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    Hi- I work for a team of cloud integrators. I've got a couple of questions that I would love an answer- especially for 1) below- before I see our client Monday am if possible! :)

    1) If you do not use dirsync tool how do you add multiple aliases to a distribution group? e.g Any Powershell commands available to this?

    2) Also- having currently implemented a work around to create DLs with the same name but different domains in BPOS, I need to know if it is possible to hide DLs in BPOS?

    Your help is much appreciated!

     

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  • Sunday, July 04, 2010 1:36 PM
     
     
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    1. DirSync is currently the only way to get multiple email addresses in a distribution list.  The multivalued proxyAddresses attribute on AD stores all of the SMTP addresses and can only be modified on BPOS objects via synchronization from an on-premises AD object.  You can try to open a service ticket to request the manual modification of the object, but this may still not be an available option. (It wasn't last time I checked.)

    The current workaround is to nest the Distribution List as members of each other (in a chain, not a loop) so that sending email to any of the different SMTP addresses will deliver to the same set of user/contact objects. 

    2. Again, this requires DirSync as the AD attribute ExchHideFromAddressLists controls this behavior.  The same answer applies, not sure if MS support the modification of this via a service request now or not.

    Jeff Schertz, PointBridge | MVP | MCITP: Enterprise Messaging | MCTS: OCS
     
  • Sunday, July 04, 2010 1:48 PM
     
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    To add to what Jeff said, check out this recent post, in which support states they can hide DL's from the GAL, but only if you aren't in coexistence mode:

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/onlineservicesexchange/thread/fb4017c7-d4d4-479f-9a10-fe16cbe658ab

    Chad

    Chad Mosman, MessageOps | www.MessageOps.com
     
  • Monday, August 09, 2010 10:14 PM
     
     
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    Jeff,

    Don't you mean the proxyAddresses attribute, not targetAddress?

    Jimmy

     
  • Monday, August 09, 2010 11:54 PM
     
     
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    Yes, typo fixed.  Thanks for pointing that out.
    Jeff Schertz, PointBridge | MVP | MCITP: Enterprise Messaging | MCTS: OCS