Changing users email address in Exchange

[fiza]

On-site exchange. When a new exchange mailbox is created the users AD details get updated with an address in the email field, yes?

If I wanted to change someones email address from [email protected] to [email protected] but keep jbloggs34 as an alias so any emails sent to that old address are not lost is it possible? Also if it is possible will the address in the email field in AD also change to reflect the new address?

 

Sorry if it's a really simple question but I know next to zero about Exchange.

Edited May 17, 2018 by fiza

[ITGURU]

You add it to the email address policies and apply to all users, then set which domain you want to be primary for sending. users will receive on at domain but the primary one will be the from address when sending/reply.

you'll also need to make sure your new domain is added as an accepted domain and all dns routing in place to route to your exchange server.

We changed names a while ago - still receive on both addresses but send out on the new one.

[fiza]

You add it to the email address policies and apply to all users, then set which domain you want to be primary for sending. users will receive on at domain but the primary one will be the from address when sending/reply.

you'll also need to make sure your new domain is added as an accepted domain and all dns routing in place to route to your exchange server.

We changed names a while ago - still receive on both addresses but send out on the new one.

 

It's not for changing domains. Its to remove the numbers attached to users email addresses. Same domain, just [email protected] becomes [email protected]

[Domino]

What you want to do is adjust the mail address policy: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232171(v=exchg.150).aspx

 

Add the new address style to list, and whichever you want to be the primary choose to "set as reply" as below

 

[fiza]

What you want to do is adjust the mail address policy: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232171(v=exchg.150).aspx

 

Add the new address style to list, and whichever you want to be the primary choose to "set as reply" as below

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]48989[/ATTACH]

 

Will that change the actual name displayed in the AD email field? That is the end goal here so I can use that info with Google cloud Directory Sync.

[3s-gtech]

If you're doing it piecemeal, you can just add the new address as an alias. The old will remain. If you change the account in EAC it will do it for you, but if your AD logins are staying the same just add it as another address. Simple and quick so long as you're not doing that many. In bulk - may need a bit of Powershell or something like ADModify.NET.

[fiza]

IME the email field is not populated for you. You can bulk change this, but it's not Exchange that uses this field - but things like FSRM.

Not knowing anything about Exchange here. When a user mailbox is created the email field is populated with the email address of the user. So if Exchange doesn't use that field can I alter that field and it has no affect on Exchange?

 

If I changed the content of the email field in AD from [email protected] to [email protected] would emails still get to [email protected]?

[Domino]

As per here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2005/01/10/fun-with-changing-e-mail-addresses/

 

On a change of primary mail address the mail AD attribute is changed by exchange. Changes are Exchange> AD only

 

Action: Modify the primary SMTP on E-mail Addresses page, either by editing or by promoting a secondary address to primary.

Results: new primary SMTP is copied to mail.

[3s-gtech]

Not knowing anything about Exchange here. When a user mailbox is created the email field is populated with the email address of the user. So if Exchange doesn't use that field can I alter that field and it has no affect on Exchange? If I changed the content of the email field in AD from [email protected] to [email protected] would emails still get to [email protected]?

I've deleted my post as it just wasn't up to the job. It has been consigned to the bin of wrong. You can alter that field in AD without affecting Exchange, but Exchange will affect that field. That's much more accurate, and as @Domino says. Don't bother changing anything in AD - got to the Exchange Admin Centre and add the new address for that user - 'email address' page, click on +, select SMTP and type the new (full) address. If you want to actually change it rather than make it an alias, you can change the 'alias' filed on the 'general' page. The new address will take over, and the old address will become an alias automatically (check the 'email address' page to confirm. All info for Exchange 2013, other versions may differ a touch. Edited May 17, 2018 by 3s-gtech

[fiza]

I've deleted my post as it just wasn't up to the job. It has been consigned to the bin of wrong. You can alter that field in AD without affecting Exchange, but Exchange will affect that field. That's much more accurate, and as @Domino says. Don't bother changing anything in AD - got to the Exchange Admin Centre and add the new address for that user - 'email address' page, click on +, select SMTP and type the new (full) address. If you want to actually change it rather than make it an alias, you can change the 'alias' filed on the 'general' page. The new address will take over, and the old address will become an alias automatically (check the 'email address' page to confirm. All info for Exchange 2013, other versions may differ a touch.

 

Thanks. Will give that a go next week.