NNS ADix - How to...Create Contact Objects

	NNS ADix - How to...Create Contact Objects

This topic describes how to create contact objects with NNS ADix.

The following table contains a list attributes which are mandatory when creating contact objects:

Attribute	Type	Description
path	single-valued	The object path of the computer object to create. Example: LDAP://cn=j.doe,ou=contacts,dc=dom,dc=com
class	single-valued	Provides the object class. Must be set to 'contact'.
cn	single-valued	The name of the contact object. Example: j.doe

In addition to the mandatory attributes you can set various optional attributes. The following table
contains a list of some attributes you can set:

Attribute	Type	Description
sn	single-valued	The last name of the contact.
givenName	single-valued	The first name of the contact.
displayName	single-valued	The display name of the contact object. E.g. the display name is used in Microsoft Exchange address books.
memberOf	multi-valued	The groups, that the contact is a member of. The import file can contain the distinguished names or the pre-Windows 2000 logon names of the groups. The Directory Services always stores these values as distinguished names.
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In order to create an e-mail enabled contact, the following attributes must be set:

Attribute	Type	Description
mailNickname	single-valued	This is the alias to the contact.
proxyAddresses	multi-valued	A multi-valued attribute that contains the e-mail addresses of the contact. The format of this attribute is "<PREFIX>:proxy", where <PREFIX> is either SMTP, X400, GWISE, or NOTES. Example: SMTP:j.doe@otherdom.com
targetAddress	single-valued	This attribute is the e-mail address to which you want to redirect the mail. This attribute is formatted like the proxyAddresses- attribute. Example: SMTP:j.doe@otherdom.com
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Note:
    Exchange 2007 Mail Contacts:
    In Exchange 2000/Exchange 2003 recipients are partially provisioned after their creation. The
    Recipient Update Service (RUS) is responsible for setting the remaining attributes.
    In Exchange 2007 there is no RUS which is setting the remaining Exchange attributes automatically.

    If you want to bulk import mail-enabled Exchange 2007 contact objects using NNS ADix,
    perform the following steps:
    1) Import the contact objects using NNS ADix
    2) Execute the following Exchange Management Shell command: get-mailcontact | set-mailcontact

Example:

The following example creates an e-mail enabled contact named 'j.doe':

path;class;cn;sn;giveName;displayName;mailNickname;proxyAddresses;targetAddress
LDAP://cn=j.doe,ou=contacts,dc=dom,dc=com;contact;j.doe;DOE;John;DOE John;jDOE;SMTP:j.doe@otherdom.com;SMTP:j.doe@otherdom.com