Applies to: Exchange Server 2013
Topic Last Modified: 2012-08-01
Use the Update-Recipient cmdlet to add Microsoft Exchange attributes to recipient objects created by the global address list (GAL) synchronization management agent in Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010. The recipient objects you modify using this cmdlet must reside on a server running Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 or later.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.
Syntax
Update-Recipient -Identity <RecipientIdParameter>
[-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Credential
<PSCredential>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-WhatIf
[<SwitchParameter>]]
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Examples
EXAMPLE 1
This example adds Exchange attributes to the mail contact that represents John Smith's mailbox.
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Update-Recipient -Identity "John Smith" |
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EXAMPLE 2
This example updates all contacts in a specific organizational unit (OU). This example assumes that recipients are synchronized between two forests, contoso.com and fabrikam.com, and all the synchronized recipients from the fabrikam.com domain are stored in a specific OU called fabrikam.com Users in the contoso.com domain.
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Get-MailContact -OrganizationalUnit "contoso.com/fabrikam.com Users" | Update-Recipient |
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Detailed Description
Because of mergers, acquisitions, or legal requirements, customers may need to deploy Exchange in a multiple Exchange forest topology. These deployments require the synchronization of recipient objects across disparate Active Directory forests.
Microsoft provides the GAL synchronization management agent for synchronizing recipient objects. The version of the GAL synchronization management agent included in Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 was designed to work with Exchange Server 2003 and relied on the Recipient Update Service. Because the Recipient Update Service is a deprecated feature and is no longer required, the new GAL synchronization management agent included in FIM 2010 is designed to function without the Recipient Update Service.
As part of the synchronization process, the FIM 2010 GAL synchronization management agent creates recipient objects in both Active Directory forests. After the recipients are created, the management agent uses the Update-Recipient cmdlet to add the attributes required by Microsoft Exchange to complete the provisioning of these recipients.
In Exchange, before you can run the Update-Recipient cmdlet to convert an Active Directory user object into an Exchange mailbox, you must stamp the user object with the following three mandatory Exchange attributes:
- homeMDB
- mailNickname
- msExchHomeServerName
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| If you're using MIIS 2003, you must run various cmdlets to complete the provisioning process of the mail contacts created by the GAL synchronization management agent. The Update-Recipient cmdlet provides an alternate and more efficient method to do this. You can run the Update-Recipient cmdlet against the recipient objects created by the MIIS 2003 GAL synchronization management agent to complete the provisioning process. |
You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Recipient Provisioning Permissions" section in the Recipients Permissions topic.
Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
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Identity |
Required |
Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.RecipientIdParameter |
The Identity parameter specifies the recipient. This parameter accepts the following values:
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Confirm |
Optional |
System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter |
The Confirm switch causes the command to pause processing and requires you to acknowledge what the command will do before processing continues. You don't have to specify a value with the Confirm switch. |
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Credential |
Optional |
System.Management.Automation.PSCredential |
The Credential parameter specifies the user name and password to use to access Active Directory. This parameter requires the creation and passing of a credential object. This credential object is created by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. For more information, see Get-Credential. |
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DomainController |
Optional |
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn |
The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that writes this configuration change to Active Directory. |
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WhatIf |
Optional |
System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter |
The WhatIf switch instructs the command to simulate the actions that it would take on the object. By using the WhatIf switch, you can view what changes would occur without having to apply any of those changes. You don't have to specify a value with the WhatIf switch. |
Input Types
To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.
Return Types
To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.