{"id":349,"date":"2011-09-01T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/?p=349"},"modified":"2013-06-15T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T12:11:49","slug":"add-e-mail-aliases-to-your-office-365-distribution-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/09\/2011\/add-e-mail-aliases-to-your-office-365-distribution-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Add E-mail Aliases to Your Office 365 Distribution Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve set up distribution groups on Office 365, you will notice a section in the DG ‘details’ page titled ‘E-Mail Options’… under this title is the following text:
\n“The group can receive messages sent to the following addresses.”<\/p>\n

From this, you can safely assume that it is possible to add e-mail aliases to the group so that the group can receive e-mails sent to several different e-mails.
\nSadly, there is no easy way of actually doing this via the UI so it must be done via a PowerShell command…<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. First make sure you have the remote signed execution policy set to true. You can do this by running PowerShell in admin mode and running: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Next, run the following to authenticate your self and import PowerShell commands to your local session:
    \n$LiveCred = Get-Credential
    \n$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange-ConnectionUri https:\/\/ps.outlook.com\/powershell\/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
    \nImport-PSSession $Session<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Add an e-mail alias to an existing distribution group<\/h2>\n
      \n
    • Set-DistributionGroup \"Distribution Group Name Here\" -EmailAddresses SMTP:PrimaryEmail@domain.com,SecondaryEmail@domain.com<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Using the above command, you can set any number of aliases for a single distribution group. Simply comma separate the e-mail list and you should be fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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