Hello, So I have setup a new Dynamic Distribution Group that points to my All Students Container.  I have placed the group in the Groups OU.  In EMC if I go to Organization/Address Lists/ All Distribution Lists and then select Preview recipients the address list includes, the Dynamic Distribution Group does not show up.  Therefore in Outlook my users can't see this distribution group in there GAL... Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

What is membership in the group based on?

There may be new options in Exchange 2013 (I'm really only familiar with DDGs in 2007) but what do you mean when you say it points to the "All Students" container?

Usually membership is based on a particular value in a field like "Office" ("Dallas") or in a Custom Attribute, i.e. "Class of 2016"

I was able to select Container, and then browse to the OU "all Students" in Active Directory.  

Ok, let's straighten a few items out first:

1. In your original post, the location you mention in the EAC (not EMC (unless you're using Exchange 2007/2010)) is for Address Lists, completely different than Distribution Groups (or Lists).  If you truly created a Dynamic Distribution Group, you'll find it under "recipients -> groups" and any groups will be listed alphabetically by default.

2. It's possible you did create it successfully, but you just haven't given it time to replicate out through the OAB; it can take upwards of 24 hours for changes/additions to show up.

3. You can verify you created the DDL by running the following cmdlet:

Get-DynamicDistributionGroup -Identity <name of DDL here>

If you get output, it should be in the form of Name and ManagedBy (if a manager is assigned)

4. Here are two seperate articles to help with creating them by either the EAC or Exchange shell:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123722%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

http://msexchangeguru.com/2014/08/19/ddg/

Let us know if you need further assistance.  Good luck.

Hello sorry yes I meant the EAC.  I did create it under recipients > Groups.  I ran your command and it came back successfully as you stated.  So If I give this some time this group should show up under "All Distribution Lists" in the Address Books automatically?

Thanks

Hi,

After you configured this Dynamic Distribution Group, have you updated that All Distribution Lists in EAC by clicking Update in the right panel?

And if the All Distribution Lists contains the type Dynamic Distribution Group?

Get-AddressList -Identity "\All Distribution Lists"

Update an address list

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996375(v=exchg.150).aspx

Update a global address list

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266966(v=exchg.150).aspx

Best Regards.

Hello, I have now ran the update address list for my all distribution lists.  How do I verify if All Distribution Lists contains the type Dynamic Distirbution Group?  After I run the command Get-AddressList -Identity "\All Distribution Lists" It returns 

RecipientFilter - <Alias -ne $null -and ObjectCategory -like 'group'>

Hi,

This RecipientFilter <Alias -ne $null -and ObjectCategory -like 'group'> doesn't contain the type of Dynamic Distirbution Group.

If you run this command, you will find that the ObjectCategory of Dynamic Distribution Group is not like 'Group'. So that's why you cannot see the Dynamic Distribution Group from All Distribution Lists.

Get-DynamicDistributionGroup student | fl ObjectCategory

By default, the Default Global Address List should contain the Dynamic Distribution Group. Run Update-GlobalAddressList cmdlet to update the GAL.

If you want the All Distribution Lists to contain the Dynamic Distribution Group, run the following command:

Set-AddressList -Identity "\All Distribution Lists" -RecipientFilter "(Alias -ne $null) -and (ObjectCategory -like 'group') -and (ObjectClass -like "msExchDynamicDistributionList")"

Best Regards.

Hello, Thanks!  But when I run this command I get"a positional parameter cannot be found that accepts arguement 'msExchDynamicDistributionList)'.  I'm guessing it's just a syntax issue but I can't figure out what is exactly wrong.  

Hi,

Try this

Set-AddressList -Identity "\All Distribution Lists" -RecipientFilter ((Alias -ne $null) -and (ObjectCategory -like 'group') -or (ObjectClass -eq 'msExchDynamicDistributionList'))

Or this

Set-AddressList -Identity "\All Distribution Lists" -RecipientFilter ((ObjectCategory -like 'group') -or (ObjectClass -eq 'msExchDynamicDistributionList'))

Best Regards.

Unfortunately neither one of these are working.