In an Exchange environment, only Universal Groups can be emailed enabled. To convert a Global or Domain Local group to a Universal Group:
- Open the properties of the group.
- In the Group Scope box, click Universal.
- Click OK.
To mail enable the group:
- Click Start à All Programs à Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 à Exchange Management Console
- Expand Microsoft Exchange à Microsoft Exchange On-Premises à Recipient Configuration
- Click Distribution Group.
- Click New Distribution Group in the Action pane.
- Select Existing Group and click Browse.
- Click the group and then click OK.
- Click Next
- Provide an Alias for the group and click Next
- Click New
- Click Finish
The group is now email enabled.
To email enable an existing universal group with powershell:
- Click Start à All Programs à Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 à Exchange Management Shell
- We will assume the name of the group is Group1 with an SMTP address of Contoso.com.
- Type Enable-DistributionGroup –Identity “Group1” –Alias “Group 1” –DisplayName “Group1” –PrimarySMTPAddress Group1@Contoso.com
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