Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online
Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-11
Use the Get-DynamicDistributionGroup cmdlet to retrieve the settings on an existing dynamic distribution group.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.
Syntax
Get-DynamicDistributionGroup [-ManagedBy
<GeneralRecipientIdParameter>] <COMMON
PARAMETERS>
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Get-DynamicDistributionGroup [-Anr <String>]
<COMMON PARAMETERS>
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Get-DynamicDistributionGroup [-Identity
<DynamicGroupIdParameter>] <COMMON PARAMETERS>
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COMMON PARAMETERS: [-AccountPartition
<AccountPartitionIdParameter>] [-Credential
<PSCredential>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-Filter
<String>] [-IgnoreDefaultScope <SwitchParameter>]
[-Organization <OrganizationIdParameter>]
[-OrganizationalUnit <OrganizationalUnitIdParameter>]
[-ReadFromDomainController <SwitchParameter>] [-ResultSize
<Unlimited>] [-SortBy <String>]
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Examples
EXAMPLE 1
This example retrieves the dynamic distribution group Marketing and pipes the object to the Format-List command to display the information about the dynamic distribution group.
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Get-DynamicDistributionGroup -Identity "Marketing" | Format-List |
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EXAMPLE 2
This example retrieves all dynamic distribution groups that contain the string "research" and pipes the object to the Format-Table command to display the dynamic distribution group names and who they're managed by.
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Get-DynamicDistributionGroup -Anr *research* | Format-Table Name, ManagedBy |
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Detailed Description
You can use distribution groups to create email distribution lists and security groups to assign permissions to shared resources. Distribution groups can be used only with email applications (such as Microsoft Exchange) to send email messages to collections of users. You can use the Get-DynamicDistributionGroup cmdlet to retrieve the settings on an existing dynamic distribution group in Active Directory.
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 "Dynamic distribution groups" entry in the Recipients Permissions topic.
Parameters
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AccountPartition |
Optional |
Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.AccountPartitionIdParameter |
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use. |
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Anr |
Optional |
System.String |
The Anr parameter specifies a string on which to perform an ambiguous name resolution (ANR) search. You can specify a partial string and search for objects with an attribute that matches that string. The default attributes searched are:
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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 retrieves data from Active Directory. |
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Filter |
Optional |
System.String |
The Filter parameter indicates the OPath filter used to filter recipients. For more information about the filterable properties, see Filterable Properties for the -Filter Parameter. |
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Identity |
Optional |
Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.DynamicGroupIdParameter |
The Identity parameter specifies the dynamic distribution group. This parameter accepts the following values:
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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:
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ManagedBy |
Optional |
Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.GeneralRecipientIdParameter |
The ManagedBy parameter specifies the name of the mailbox user, mail-enabled group, or mail-enabled contact that appears in the Managed by tab of the Active Directory object. This parameter accepts the following values:
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Organization |
Optional |
Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.OrganizationIdParameter |
The Organization parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use. |
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OrganizationalUnit |
Optional |
Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.OrganizationalUnitIdParameter |
The OrganizationalUnit parameter limits results to a specific organizational unit (OU) container. |
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ReadFromDomainController |
Optional |
System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter |
The ReadFromDomainController parameter specifies that the user information is read from a domain controller in the user's domain. If you set the recipient scope to include all recipients in the forest and don't use this parameter, it's possible that the user information is read from a global catalog with outdated information. If you use this parameter, multiple reads might be necessary to get the information.
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ResultSize |
Optional |
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Unlimited |
The ResultSize parameter specifies the maximum number of recipient objects returned. |
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SortBy |
Optional |
System.String |
The SortBy parameter is used to sort the results. |
Note: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.