Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online

Topic Last Modified: 2012-10-16

Use the Set-Contact cmdlet to modify the settings of an existing contact.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.

Syntax


Set-Contact -Identity <ContactIdParameter> [-AllowUMCallsFromNonUsers <None \| SearchEnabled>] [-AssistantName <String>] [-City <String>] [-Company <String>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-CountryOrRegion <CountryInfo>] [-CreateDTMFMap <$true \| $false>] [-Department <String>] [-DisplayName <String>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-Fax <String>] [-FirstName <String>] [-GeoCoordinates <GeoCoordinates>] [-HomePhone <String>] [-IgnoreDefaultScope <SwitchParameter>] [-Initials <String>] [-LastName <String>] [-Manager <UserContactIdParameter>] [-MobilePhone <String>] [-Name <String>] [-Notes <String>] [-Office <String>] [-OtherFax <MultiValuedProperty>] [-OtherHomePhone <MultiValuedProperty>] [-OtherTelephone <MultiValuedProperty>] [-Pager <String>] [-Phone <String>] [-PhoneticDisplayName <String>] [-PostalCode <String>] [-PostOfficeBox <MultiValuedProperty>] [-SeniorityIndex <Int32>] [-SimpleDisplayName <String>] [-StateOrProvince <String>] [-StreetAddress <String>] [-TelephoneAssistant <String>] [-Title <String>] [-UMCallingLineIds <MultiValuedProperty>] [-UMDtmfMap <MultiValuedProperty>] [-WebPage <String>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WindowsEmailAddress <SmtpAddress>]

Set-Contact -Identity <ContactIdParameter>
[-AllowUMCallsFromNonUsers <None | SearchEnabled>]
[-AssistantName <String>] [-City <String>] [-Company
<String>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]]
[-CountryOrRegion <CountryInfo>] [-CreateDTMFMap <$true |
$false>] [-Department <String>] [-DisplayName
<String>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-Fax
<String>] [-FirstName <String>] [-GeoCoordinates
<GeoCoordinates>] [-HomePhone <String>]
[-IgnoreDefaultScope <SwitchParameter>] [-Initials
<String>] [-LastName <String>] [-Manager
<UserContactIdParameter>] [-MobilePhone <String>]
[-Name <String>] [-Notes <String>] [-Office
<String>] [-OtherFax <MultiValuedProperty>]
[-OtherHomePhone <MultiValuedProperty>] [-OtherTelephone
<MultiValuedProperty>] [-Pager <String>] [-Phone
<String>] [-PhoneticDisplayName <String>] [-PostalCode
<String>] [-PostOfficeBox <MultiValuedProperty>]
[-SeniorityIndex <Int32>] [-SimpleDisplayName <String>]
[-StateOrProvince <String>] [-StreetAddress <String>]
[-TelephoneAssistant <String>] [-Title <String>]
[-UMCallingLineIds <MultiValuedProperty>] [-UMDtmfMap
<MultiValuedProperty>] [-WebPage <String>] [-WhatIf
[<SwitchParameter>]] [-WindowsEmailAddress
<SmtpAddress>]

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example makes the following changes to the existing contact Arlene Huff in the Users container in the Active Directory domain contoso.com:

Change the City parameter value to Seattle.
Change the Company parameter value to Contoso.

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Set-Contact -Identity "contoso.com/Users/Arlene Huff" -City "Seattle" -Company "Contoso"

Detailed Description

You can use the Set-Contact cmdlet to modify the settings of contact objects that are visible in Active Directory Users and Computers. If the contact is mail-enabled, use the Set-MailContact cmdlet to modify the contact's email settings that aren't available by using the Set-Contact cmdlet.

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
Identity	Required	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.ContactIdParameter	The Identity parameter specifies the object that you want to modify. This parameter accepts the following values: `Alias` Example: JPhillips `Canonical DN` Example: Atlanta.Corp.Contoso.Com/Users/JPhillips `Display Name` Example: Jeff Phillips `Distinguished Name (DN)` Example: CN=JPhillips,CN=Users,DC=Atlanta,DC=Corp,DC=contoso,DC=com `Domain\Account` Example: Atlanta\JPhillips `GUID` Example: fb456636-fe7d-4d58-9d15-5af57d0354c2 `Immutable ID` Example: fb456636-fe7d-4d58-9d15-5af57d0354c2@contoso.com `Legacy Exchange DN` Example: /o=Contoso/ou=AdministrativeGroup/cn=Recipients/cn=JPhillips `SMTP Address` Example: Jeff.Phillips@contoso.com `User Principal Name` Example: JPhillips@contoso.com
AllowUMCallsFromNonUsers	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.Recipient.AllowUMCallsFromNonUsersFlags	The AllowUMCallsFromNonUsers parameter specifies whether to exclude the contact from directory searches.
AssistantName	Optional	System.String	The AssistantName parameter specifies the name of the contact's assistant.
City	Optional	System.String	The City parameter specifies the contact's city.
Company	Optional	System.String	The Company parameter specifies the contact's company.
Confirm	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The Confirm switch can be used to suppress the confirmation prompt that appears by default when this cmdlet is run. To suppress the confirmation prompt, use the syntax `-Confirm:$False`. You must include a colon ( `:` ) in the syntax.
CountryOrRegion	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.CountryInfo	The CountryOrRegion parameter specifies the contact's country or region.
CreateDTMFMap	Optional	System.Boolean	The CreateDTMFMap parameter specifies that a dual-tone multiple-frequency (DTMF) map be created for the contact.
Department	Optional	System.String	The Department parameter specifies the contact's department.
DisplayName	Optional	System.String	The DisplayName parameter specifies the contact's name in the Exchange Administration Center and in the Exchange global address list (GAL). The DisplayName parameter has meaning only for mail-enabled objects.
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.
Fax	Optional	System.String	The Fax parameter specifies the contact's fax number.
FirstName	Optional	System.String	The FirstName parameter specifies the contact's first name.
GeoCoordinates	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.GeoCoordinates	The GeoCoordinates parameter specifies the contact's physical location in latitude, longitude, and altitude coordinates. Use this parameter to specify the global position of the contact's location. You have to specify one of the following sets of coordinates; use semicolons to separate the values: Latitude and longitude; for example, `"47.644125;-122.122411"` Latitude, longitude, and altitude; for example, `"47.644125;-122.122411;161.432"`
HomePhone	Optional	System.String	The HomePhone parameter specifies the contact's home telephone number.
IgnoreDefaultScope	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The IgnoreDefaultScope parameter instructs the command to ignore the default recipient scope setting for the Exchange Management Shell session and use the entire forest as the scope. This allows the command to access Active Directory objects that aren't currently in the default scope. Using the IgnoreDefaultScope parameter introduces the following restrictions: You can't use the DomainController parameter. The command uses an appropriate global catalog server automatically. You can only use the DN for the Identity parameter. Other forms of identification, such as GUID, aren't accepted.
Initials	Optional	System.String	The Initials parameter specifies the initials for the contact's name.
LastName	Optional	System.String	The LastName parameter specifies the contact's surname.
Manager	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.UserContactIdParameter	The Manager parameter specifies the contact's manager.
MobilePhone	Optional	System.String	The MobilePhone parameter specifies the contact's primary mobile phone number.
Name	Optional	System.String	The Name parameter specifies the contact's name in Active Directory Users and Computers, and also in the Group Name field in the Exchange Administration Center if the group is mail-enabled. The Name value can't exceed 64 characters.
Notes	Optional	System.String	The Notes parameter specifies additional information about the contact.
Office	Optional	System.String	The Office parameter specifies the contact's physical office name or number.
OtherFax	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty	The OtherFax parameter specifies the contact's alternative fax number.
OtherHomePhone	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty	The OtherHomePhone parameter specifies the contact's alternative home telephone number.
OtherTelephone	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty	The OtherTelephone parameter specifies the contact's alternative office telephone number.
Pager	Optional	System.String	The Pager parameter specifies the contact's pager number.
Phone	Optional	System.String	The Phone parameter specifies the contact's office telephone number.
PhoneticDisplayName	Optional	System.String	The PhoneticDisplayName parameter specifies a phonetic pronunciation of the DisplayName parameter. The maximum length of this parameter value is 255 characters.
PostalCode	Optional	System.String	The PostalCode parameter specifies the contact's postal code.
PostOfficeBox	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty	The PostOfficeBox parameter specifies the contact's post office box number.
SeniorityIndex	Optional	System.Int32	The SeniorityIndex parameter specifies the order in which this contact will display in a hierarchical address book. A contact with a value of 2 will display higher in an address book than a contact with a value of 1.
SimpleDisplayName	Optional	System.String	The SimpleDisplayName parameter is used to display an alternative description of the object when only a limited set of characters is permitted. This limited set of characters consists of ASCII characters 26 through 126, inclusively. The SimpleDisplayName parameter has meaning only for mail-enabled objects.
StateOrProvince	Optional	System.String	The StateOrProvince parameter specifies the contact's state or province.
StreetAddress	Optional	System.String	The StreetAddress parameter specifies the contact's physical address.
TelephoneAssistant	Optional	System.String	The TelephoneAssistant parameter specifies the telephone number of the contact's assistant.
Title	Optional	System.String	The Title parameter specifies the contact's title.
UMCallingLineIds	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty	The UMCallingLineIds parameter specifies telephone numbers or extensions that can be mapped to a Unified Messaging (UM)-enabled user. You can specify more than one telephone number for each user, separated by a comma. Values for this parameter must be less than 128 characters in length and may include an optional plus sign (+) that precedes the numbers. Each UM-enabled user must have a unique UMCallingLineIds parameter value.
UMDtmfMap	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty	The UMDtmfMap parameter specifies whether you want to create a user-defined DTMF map for the UM-enabled contact.
WebPage	Optional	System.String	The WebPage parameter specifies the contact's web page.
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.
WindowsEmailAddress	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.SmtpAddress	The WindowsEmailAddress parameter specifies the contact's email address stored in Active Directory.

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.