From 7f46f40dd054f3e175cd6dadf78a6e717c9d07d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jeremy D. Berkleef" Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 08:56:35 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add general documentation and docs for alias-toolkit --- Docs/alias-toolkit.md | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.md | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 Docs/alias-toolkit.md diff --git a/Docs/alias-toolkit.md b/Docs/alias-toolkit.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1289620 --- /dev/null +++ b/Docs/alias-toolkit.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +# Alias Toolkit + ## How to use Alias Toolkit + 1. Download the script or clone this repository + 2. Make sure the execution policy is set properly (Or run Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process) + 3. Run the script. + 4. Follow the on-screen prompts. + +> _If target is Exchange Server, run script from the Exchange Management Shell._ +> +>_If target is Exchange Online, run from a PS session that has already connected to Exchange Online Management Shell._ + + ## Alias Toolkit Options + ### 1. List contents of a .csv + Use this option to verify that your .csv file containing email addresses is formatted correctly. The output should look like: + +> _Display Name_ +> +> _Email Address 1_ +> +> _Email Address 2_ +> +> _Email Address 3_ + + If the email addresses are on a single line, your formatting isn't correct and the import will import all your addresses as a single email address. + + ### 2. Apply the contents of a .csv to the currently logged in Exchange session + Use this option to apply the email addresses when you've verified that the .csv is formatted correctly. + +> ***This will apply the email addresses based on Display Name, so make sure that if display names were changed between environments, the .csv has been edited to reflect the changes.*** + + ### 3. Create a .csv based on a search term + This option will create a .csv with the columns Displayname and EmailAddresses based on the search term given. + This uses `Get-Mailbox | Where-Object $_.EmailAddresses -like "$SearchTerm"`, so it will support wildcards. + + >***This won't give you a .csv you can apply by default, this is by design. `You need to replace the spaces with ; in the EmailAddresses column.` This was implemented to ensure double-checking no unwanted addresses are included into the import.*** + + ### 4. Use the legacy search script and output the alias list to console. + This does the same as the above option, but outputs the results to console with some nice-ish formatting. This is an adaptation of search-email-addresses. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 57d7daa..0859461 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ # Exchange-Scripts -Various scripts used for management tasks (and migrations) on Exchange server \ No newline at end of file +This repo contains various scripts used for management tasks (and migrations) on Exchange Server (and Exchange Online). You can click on the script name to see documentation for it. + +# Scripts +- [**Alias Toolkit**](Docs/alias-toolkit.md) - Easy to use, menu-based script for searching for, exporting and importing aliases from/to Exchange (Online). +- **List alias .csv contents** - _This has been integrated into Alias Toolkit._ +- **Search Email Addresses** - _This has been integrated into Alias Toolkit._