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Adding a Custom Attribute to AD for use in a hub transport email signature.

Hi

I have created a HTML sig for one of my customers and added it to the exchange as a transport rule and it works perfectly assing names, telephone numbers etc.

The only issue i have is that they want to further items adding which arent a normal section in ad. I understand you can use CustomAttributes1-15 to do additional items.

I have gone through the process of adding a customattribute call CustomAttribute1 of which will contain their qualifications (such as LLP) but it is not appearing in my html sig.

Any ideas?

thanks

Chris

how have you called the custom attribute

%%CustomAttribute1%% would be the right way of doing it

if you post up the transport rule and the HTML Sig to go with it that would help

timb551

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Yes I have called it %%CustomAttribute1%%

Extract from rule

<html lang="en"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"><style type="text/css">body,td,th,p{font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:11px;max-width:600px}a{color: inherit;}.d{font-size:10px;color:#999;}</style></head><body><p>Kind Regards,</p><br/><p><strong>%%displayName%%</strong> %%CustomAttribute1%%<br/>%%title%%</p><br/><table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="border-right:solid 2px #797979;" width="200" rowspan="10">

Chris

darn.

can you trying running Get- cmdlet to see if its able to read them properly

i.e. get-mailbox -RecipientFilter { CustomAttribute1 -eq "LLp"} and see if you get them coming back

or

Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.CustomAttribute1 -eq “LLC”}

i think both should work

timb551

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Ran the first one and got

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>get-mailbox -RecipientFilter {CustomAttribute1 -eq "DOCTOR"}
A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'CustomAttribute1 -eq "DOCTOR"'.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-Mailbox], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Get-Mailbox

Ran the second one and it just went to a new blank line

Chris

do you get >>
or does it just hang on a blank line

I have just added something into custom attribute1 and searched with this

Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.CustomAttribute1 -eq "MSc"}

took 20-30s but came back with 1 result

timb551

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It thinks about it for a while but then just goes to the next line.
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timb551

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CustomAttribute1 :
CustomAttribute10 :
CustomAttribute11 :
CustomAttribute12 :
CustomAttribute13 :
CustomAttribute14 :
CustomAttribute15 :
CustomAttribute2 :
CustomAttribute3 :
CustomAttribute4 :
CustomAttribute5 :
CustomAttribute6 :
CustomAttribute7 :
CustomAttribute8 :

Curious why it isnt propegated?

timb551

ASKER

I have figured it out.

Sorry its OF (operator fault)

I was putting in the details incorrectly into AD. Its called ExtensionAttribute1 not customattribute1

Chris

the name changed at somepoint, they were CustomAttributes and changed to extetntion

just to keep people on there toes

timb551

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Ridiculous behavior from Microsoft :)