PowerShell? :) This sounds like a great thing for me on which to write a blog post. I'll do so tonight.
To do this efficiently, you have to combine the usage of Exchange and AD cmdlets. The basic process is: Does group already exist? No - create it Yes - remove all members Get list of members to add Add the list of members From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Query help I've recently created a Org_all distribution group. Somehow, I must have not added myself to it, as I didn't get a message from our Director this morning. But, that brought up the thought that I need to make sure everyone is a member of that distribution group. With 3000 users, I don't want to do it manually. Any ideas? Thanks, Joe Heaton Enterprise Server Support CA Department of Fish and Wildlife 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 Sacramento, CA 95811 Desk: (916) 323-1284 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin