importing contacts 1

[shazzam1]

Hello all,

Need help!!! We have two exchange servers for two different companies. I am asked to import the contact from one server to the other (one server let's say exch1 has more contacts than exch2)

I have already exported he contacts from exch1 and have created a csv file, what is the command to import the contacts into the exch2 server using powershell?

thanks.

 

[shazzam1]

I have used this command:

Import-Csv C:\Contacts.csv | ForEach { New-MailContact -Name $_.DisplayName -ExternalEmailAddress $_.EmailAddress -OrganizationalUnit "Mail Contact" }

But I get this error message.

Organizational unit "Mail Contact" was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly.
At line:1 char:40
+ Import-Csv C:\Contacts.csv | ForEach { N <<<< ew-MailContact -Name $_.Display
Name -ExternalEmailAddress $_.EmailAddress -OrganizationalUnit "Mail Contact" }

 

[LePivert]

-OrganizationalUnit "Mail Contact"

Try:

-OrganizationalUnit "MyDomain/Mail Contact

 

[shazzam1]

tried that as well same error....

 

[58sniper]

What's the header row look like in the CSV file?

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[shazzam1]

DisplayName,EmailAddress

 

[58sniper]

Actually, I think that's supposed to be

-OrganizationalUnit "MyDomain.local/Mail Contact"

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[LePivert]

-OrganizationalUnit "MyDomain.local/Mail Contact"

Yes, I just looked at a script I actually used to import contacts and it is indeed as indicated above: MyDomain.local or whatever your domain is called - .org, .net, etc.

Shazzam1:

Were you able to try the above?

Did it work?

 

[shazzam1]

no it did not I still get this error message.

Organizational unit "domain name\Mail Contact" was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly.
At line:1 char:40
+ Import-Csv C:\Contacts.csv | ForEach { N <<<< ew-MailContact -Name $_.Display
Name -ExternalEmailAddress $_.EmailAddress -OrganizationalUnit "Mail Contact" }