Set hidefromaddressbook to true for all users in OU

Question

_{Tuesday, December 10, 2019 9:26 PM}

I am using this:

Get-ADUser -filter * -searchbase "ou=you,ou=OU..." |  Set-ADUser -replace @{msExchHideFromAddressLists=$true}

I can do it for 1 person, but can do it for all users in the OU. Any ideas?

Thank you

All replies (4)

_{Tuesday, December 10, 2019 10:40 PM}

The code without a line break would work.

Get-ADUser -filter * -searchbase 'ou=you,ou=OU...' | Set-ADUser -replace @{msExchHideFromAddressLists=$true}

You cannot have a double line break after a "pipe".  It will cause an error.  YOU can have one line break but you have two.

Get-ADUser -filter * -searchbase 'ou=you,ou=OU...' |
     Set-ADUser -replace @{msExchHideFromAddressLists=$true}

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_{Wednesday, December 11, 2019 11:40 AM}

Who do people tend to use set-aduser and replace command, instead of  using cmdlet which has the parameter to do the job? (Set-Mailbox -hiddenFromAddressListsEnabled:$False, which will also correctly clear showinaddressbook attribute)

_{Wednesday, December 11, 2019 6:54 PM}

Who do people tend to use set-aduser and replace command, instead of  using cmdlet which has the parameter to do the job? (Set-Mailbox -hiddenFromAddressListsEnabled:$False, which will also correctly clear showinaddressbook attribute)

Exchange CmdLets are not necessarily available in all deployments.

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_{Friday, December 13, 2019 7:14 PM}

What would be the most efficient way to ensure the flag is set only on disabled account. Is it to modify get-aduser to only return disabled, or put it in the loop?