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[PS] C:\>Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity SusieS@lmplay.com:\Calendar -AccessRights ReadItems -User SalesAssociates-Store4@lmplay.com
[PS] C:\>Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity SusieS@lmplay.com:\Calendar -AccessRights ReadItems -User "LMPLAY\SalesAssociates-Store4"
[PS] C:\>Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity SusieS@lmplay.com:\Calendar -AccessRights ReadItems -User "lmplay.com\SalesAssociates-Store4"
The user "SalesAssociates-Store4@lmplay.com" is either not valid SMTP address, or there is no matching information.
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-MailboxFolderPermission], InvalidExternalUserIdException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : C35EE919,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.StoreTasks.AddMailboxFolderPermission
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-DistributionGroup SalesAssociates-Bocage
Name DisplayName GroupType PrimarySmtpAddress
---- ----------- --------- ------------------
Sales Associates - Bocage Sales Associates - Bocage Universal, SecurityEnabled SalesAssociates-Bocage@lmp...
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-DistributionGroup SalesAssociates-Bocage
Name DisplayName GroupType PrimarySmtpAddress
---- ----------- --------- ------------------
Sales Associates - Bocage Sales Associates - Bocage Universal, SecurityEnabled SalesAssociates-Bocage@lmp...
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-DistributionGroup TestGroup1
Name DisplayName GroupType PrimarySmtpAddress
---- ----------- --------- ------------------
TestGroup1 TestGroup1 Universal, SecurityEnabled TestGroup1@lmplay.com
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity SusieS:\Calendar -AccessRights ReadItems -User "TestGroup
1@lmplay.com"
FolderName User AccessRights
---------- ---- ------------
Calendar TestGroup1 {ReadItems}
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>
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Tried changing the alias on one of the groups and got a bunch of warnings about upgrading the group to the current version and cannot modify it using older management tools.
Let it do that, and then try the Add-MailboxFolderPermissio
Swapping the Alias' around is not ideal but at least now I know it can be done; I just need to find how to (and when) to migrate all the groups to the new format. I missed that step in my research and reading (and oddly, that doesn't seem to be an option in recipient migration that I see easily).
Patricksr1972 - the extra step in the post that you posted / referenced - I think that "hack" works because the new group they are making is the new format and they're adding an old one to it and utilizing group nesting.
On to researching more on groups now (and how group owners and all these new moderator options work)
--ML