Manage Distribution Groups

Problem

You want to get and modify information about distribution groups from the Exchange Management Shell.

Solution

To retrieve information about a distribution group, or distribution groups, use the GetDistributionGroup cmdlet:

$group = GetDistributionGroup "Stock Traders"

$group | FormatList *

To modify information about a group, use the SetDistributionGroup cmdlet. This example updates the Stock Traders distribution group to accept messages only from other members of the Stock Traders distribution group:

$group | SetDistributionGroup –AcceptMessagesOnlyFromDLMembers "Stock Traders" To add a user to a distribution group, use the AddDistributionGroupMember cmdlet:

$group | AddDistributionGroupMember –Member *preeda* To list members of a distribution group, use the GetDistributionGroupMember cmdlet:

$group | GetDistributionGroupMember

Discussion

For more information about the GetDistributionGroup cmdlet, type GetHelp GetDistributionGroup. For more information about the SetDistributionGroup cmdlet, type GetHelp SetDistributionGroup. For more information about the AddDistributionGroupMember cmdlet, type GetHelp AddDistributionGroupMember. For more information about the GetDistributionGroupMember cmdlet, type GetHelp GetDistributionGroupMember.