If a Contact is Created in AD, Will that Cause the Creation of a Contact in Exchange?
If a contact is created in the AD, will it automatically be created in Exchange as well?
Windows Server 2008 R2 environment
On-premise Exchange 2010 hybrid with O365
Exchange is on secondary DC
AD change is happening on primary DC
To simplify contact creation and management, I'd like to script the creation of a contact in the Contacts OU in AD and not directly in Exchange. I'm pretty sure that the contact will be replicated in Exchange from the AD, but I haven't found documentation either way.
I have created a test contact in the AD and am currently waiting to see what happens.
active-directory windows-server-2008-r2 exchange-2010 microsoft-office-365 exchange-hybrid
New contributor
Innertube is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
If a contact is created in the AD, will it automatically be created in Exchange as well?
Windows Server 2008 R2 environment
On-premise Exchange 2010 hybrid with O365
Exchange is on secondary DC
AD change is happening on primary DC
To simplify contact creation and management, I'd like to script the creation of a contact in the Contacts OU in AD and not directly in Exchange. I'm pretty sure that the contact will be replicated in Exchange from the AD, but I haven't found documentation either way.
I have created a test contact in the AD and am currently waiting to see what happens.
active-directory windows-server-2008-r2 exchange-2010 microsoft-office-365 exchange-hybrid
New contributor
Innertube is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
1
It won't. Exchange email contacts are different and behave differently than plain AD contacts. You can email-enable the "normal" contacts by using PowerShell and something like this:get-contact
andenable-mailcontact
.
– Lenniey
yesterday
add a comment |
If a contact is created in the AD, will it automatically be created in Exchange as well?
Windows Server 2008 R2 environment
On-premise Exchange 2010 hybrid with O365
Exchange is on secondary DC
AD change is happening on primary DC
To simplify contact creation and management, I'd like to script the creation of a contact in the Contacts OU in AD and not directly in Exchange. I'm pretty sure that the contact will be replicated in Exchange from the AD, but I haven't found documentation either way.
I have created a test contact in the AD and am currently waiting to see what happens.
active-directory windows-server-2008-r2 exchange-2010 microsoft-office-365 exchange-hybrid
New contributor
Innertube is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
If a contact is created in the AD, will it automatically be created in Exchange as well?
Windows Server 2008 R2 environment
On-premise Exchange 2010 hybrid with O365
Exchange is on secondary DC
AD change is happening on primary DC
To simplify contact creation and management, I'd like to script the creation of a contact in the Contacts OU in AD and not directly in Exchange. I'm pretty sure that the contact will be replicated in Exchange from the AD, but I haven't found documentation either way.
I have created a test contact in the AD and am currently waiting to see what happens.
active-directory windows-server-2008-r2 exchange-2010 microsoft-office-365 exchange-hybrid
active-directory windows-server-2008-r2 exchange-2010 microsoft-office-365 exchange-hybrid
New contributor
Innertube is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Innertube is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Innertube is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked yesterday


InnertubeInnertube
211
211
New contributor
Innertube is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Innertube is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Innertube is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
1
It won't. Exchange email contacts are different and behave differently than plain AD contacts. You can email-enable the "normal" contacts by using PowerShell and something like this:get-contact
andenable-mailcontact
.
– Lenniey
yesterday
add a comment |
1
It won't. Exchange email contacts are different and behave differently than plain AD contacts. You can email-enable the "normal" contacts by using PowerShell and something like this:get-contact
andenable-mailcontact
.
– Lenniey
yesterday
1
1
It won't. Exchange email contacts are different and behave differently than plain AD contacts. You can email-enable the "normal" contacts by using PowerShell and something like this:
get-contact
and enable-mailcontact
.– Lenniey
yesterday
It won't. Exchange email contacts are different and behave differently than plain AD contacts. You can email-enable the "normal" contacts by using PowerShell and something like this:
get-contact
and enable-mailcontact
.– Lenniey
yesterday
add a comment |
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
No, creating an AD contact does not automatically create an Exchange contact. You should be able to script both processes, though.
add a comment |
In my testing, it would not automatically create Exchange contact if only create object in AD.
But if you create mail contact in Exchange, it would automatically create contact object in AD.
New contributor
Shaw is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "2"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Innertube is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fserverfault.com%2fquestions%2f947907%2fif-a-contact-is-created-in-ad-will-that-cause-the-creation-of-a-contact-in-exch%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
No, creating an AD contact does not automatically create an Exchange contact. You should be able to script both processes, though.
add a comment |
No, creating an AD contact does not automatically create an Exchange contact. You should be able to script both processes, though.
add a comment |
No, creating an AD contact does not automatically create an Exchange contact. You should be able to script both processes, though.
No, creating an AD contact does not automatically create an Exchange contact. You should be able to script both processes, though.
answered yesterday


Todd WilcoxTodd Wilcox
1,95121126
1,95121126
add a comment |
add a comment |
In my testing, it would not automatically create Exchange contact if only create object in AD.
But if you create mail contact in Exchange, it would automatically create contact object in AD.
New contributor
Shaw is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
In my testing, it would not automatically create Exchange contact if only create object in AD.
But if you create mail contact in Exchange, it would automatically create contact object in AD.
New contributor
Shaw is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
In my testing, it would not automatically create Exchange contact if only create object in AD.
But if you create mail contact in Exchange, it would automatically create contact object in AD.
New contributor
Shaw is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
In my testing, it would not automatically create Exchange contact if only create object in AD.
But if you create mail contact in Exchange, it would automatically create contact object in AD.
New contributor
Shaw is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Shaw is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered yesterday
ShawShaw
213
213
New contributor
Shaw is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Shaw is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Shaw is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
add a comment |
Innertube is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Innertube is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Innertube is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Innertube is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for contributing an answer to Server Fault!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.
Please pay close attention to the following guidance:
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fserverfault.com%2fquestions%2f947907%2fif-a-contact-is-created-in-ad-will-that-cause-the-creation-of-a-contact-in-exch%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
1
It won't. Exchange email contacts are different and behave differently than plain AD contacts. You can email-enable the "normal" contacts by using PowerShell and something like this:
get-contact
andenable-mailcontact
.– Lenniey
yesterday