Bulk Hide Mailboxes in Active Directory
Hide all users in a specific Organisational Unit.
$OU = "OU=Path,OU=Here,DC=domain,DC=com"
$Users = Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase $OU
foreach ($U in $Users) {
Write-Host "Processing [$($U.SamAccountName)]"
try {
Set-ADUser -Identity $U.SamAccountName -Add @{'msExchHideFromAddressLists'=$true} -ErrorAction "Stop"
Write-Host " -- Hidden [$($U.SamAccountName)] in the GAL"
} catch {
Write-Host " -- Failed to hide [$($U.SamAccountName)] in the GAL: [$($_.Exception.Message)]"
}
}
Hide a single user
try {
Set-ADUser -Identity <SamAccountName> -Add @{'msExchHideFromAddressLists'=$true}
Write-Host " -- Hidden [$($U.SamAccountName)] in the GAL"
} catch {
Write-Host " -- Failed to hide [$($U.SamAccountName)] in the GAL: [$($_.Exception.Message)]"
}Last updated