Applies to: Exchange Server 2013
Topic Last Modified: 2012-10-12
Address lists are a collection of recipient and other Active Directory objects. Each address list can contain one or more types of objects (for example, users, contacts, groups, public folders, conferencing, and other resources). Address lists also provide a mechanism to partition mail-enabled objects in Active Directory for the benefit of specific groups of users.
For other management tasks related to address lists, see Address List Procedures.
What do you need to know before you begin?
- Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes.
- You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this
procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the
"Address lists" entry in the Email Address and
Address Book Permissions topic.
- For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the
procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in
the Exchange Admin Center.
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What do you want to do?
Use the EAC to create an address list
- Navigate to Organization > Address lists, and
then click Add
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- In Address List, type a name and specify the types of
recipients to include in the list.
- By default, Exchange creates address lists that contain all
members of your organization. To create a unique custom address
list, click Add a rule.
Important:If you don’t add a rule, you’ll create an address list that’s redundant with one of the default address lists. - In the list, select a filtering option (for example, Custom
attribute 1).
- In Specify words or phrases, type words or phrases to
filter by, click Add , and then click OK.
You can continue to add several phrases or words by repeating Step 4. The filter is a Boolean OR statement. For example, you can create a filter that will apply the address list to users whose Custom 1 attribute equals Oregon, Idaho, or Washington.
- (Optional) Click Add a rule again to add additional
filters. Additional filters create a Boolean And statement.
The more filters you add, the fewer number of users the address
list will apply to.
- Click Preview recipients the address lists includes to
see the recipients that this address list is going to apply to.
- Click Save.
- You’ll get a warning that the address list won’t be applied
until you update it. Depending on the size of your organization and
the filters that you added to the address list, some address lists
can contain thousands or tens of thousands of recipients. Updating
address lists can impact your resources, so you may want to update
the address during off-peak hours.
For details about updating an address list, see Update an Address List.
Use the Shell to create an address list
This example creates the address list MyAddressList by
using the RecipientFilter parameter and includes recipients
that are mailbox users and have StateOrProvince set to
Washington or Oregon.
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New-AddressList -Name MyAddressList -RecipientFilter {((RecipientType -eq 'UserMailbox') -and ((StateOrProvince -eq 'Washington') -or (StateOrProvince -eq 'Oregon')))}
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This example creates the child address list Building 34 Meeting Rooms in the All Rooms parent container, using built-in conditions.
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New-AddressList -Name "Building 34 Meeting Rooms" -Container "\All Rooms" -IncludedRecipients Resources -ConditionalCustomAttribute1 "Building 34" |
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For detailed syntax and parameter information, see New-AddressList.