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Saturday, April 1, 2017

Exchange Create Address List for Equipment Mailboxes

In my Exchange 2016 environment, users weren't happy with having to search or scroll down the GAL to find resources such as cars and projectors. They were used to the way Lotus Notes would present these. The easiest way to deal with this is to create separate lists for Resource Mailboxes.

I'll show you how to use PowerShell to create a Resources/Equipment Address List.

Fire up the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) and run the following cmdlet:

New-AddressList -Name "All Resources" -RecipientFilter {((RecipientType -eq 'UserMailbox') -and (RecipientTypeDetails -eq 'EquipmentMailbox'))}

**Note** You can name the list whatever you like. I chose "All Resources" because it falls in line with default lists like All Rooms, and that's what my bosses wanted ;)

What this cmdlet does is, create a new Address List (which is dynamic so any new Resource Mailbox is added automagically) that pulls in mailboxes that match the "Equipment" recipient type details.

Next, go ahead and force an Address List update, by running:

Get-AddressList | Update-AddressList

**Note** Depending on how many lists you have and their size, it might take some time to complete.

After the update finishes, Outlook in online mode will pick it up immediately; cached mode will pick it up after it syncs.

Outlook Address List

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