Upgrade Exchange 2003 Default Lists to Exchange 2007

Mindwatering Incorporated

Author: Tripp W Black

Created: 04/03/2009 at 07:18 PM

 

Category:
Microsoft Server
Upgrade

Issue:
You upgrade from Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. After upgrading you update the policies but notice the default lists and the public folders did not update.

In addition, Outlook Exchange users received the following error:
    Microsoft Exchange
    The specified address list could not be edited. Address lists created by using legacy versions of Microsoft Exchange must be upgraded by using the 'ForceUpgrade' parameter of the 'Set-AddressList" cmdlet.

Resolution:

Verify which lists need updating:

1. Open the Exchange Management Shell, at the prompt enter the following and review the output:

Get-AddressList | Format-List Name,*RecipientFilter*,ExchangeVersion

Get-GlobalAddressList | Format-List Name,*RecipientFilter*,ExchangeVersion

The version of the list/folder is included. For example, Exchange 2003 version contains 6.5, Exchange 2007 contains 8.0.


2a. Update the default user groups as needed:

Set-AddressList "All Users" -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers

Set-AddressList "All Groups" -IncludedRecipients MailGroups

Set-AddressList "All Contacts" -IncludedRecipients MailContacts

Note: Answer each with a Y to confirm that you want to upgrade and no longer use them with the previous version of Exchange.

2b. Update the Public Folders group if needed:

Set-AddressList "Public Folders" -RecipientFilter { RecipientType -eq 'PublicFolder' }

Set-GlobalAddressList "Default Global Address List" -RecipientFilter {(Alias -ne $null -and (ObjectClass -eq 'user' -or ObjectClass -eq 'contact' -or ObjectClass -eq 'msExchSystemMailbox' -or ObjectClass -eq 'msExchDynamicDistributionList' -or ObjectClass -eq 'group' -or ObjectClass -eq 'publicFolder'))}

Note: Answer each with a Y to confirm that you want to upgrade and no longer use them with the previous version of Exchange.


3. Re-run #1 and confirm the lists/folders have been updated.

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