Dynamic Distribution Group via csv file and Recipient Filter

Hello,
I am trying to create powershell command that will read a CSV file for "Name" and "Dept" and create a Dynamic Distribution Group based on the following Recipient Filter.
Import-CSV Dist.csv | ForEach-Object {New-DynamicDistributionGroup -Name $_.Name -RecipientFilter {((((((Department -like $_.Dept) -and (RecipientType -eq 'UserMailbox'))) -and (UserAccountControl -ne 'AccountDisabled, NormalAccount'))) -and (-not(Name -like
'SystemMailbox{*')) -and (-not(Name -like 'CAS_{*')))}
I keep getting an error that "Missing closing '}" in statement block Char:314. I added a "}" at the end of the command but then the command fails to read the .csv file.
Assistance would be greatly appreciated to determine what I am missing. I have over 100 Dynamic Distribution list to create.
Cheers

You're definitely missing a closing curly bracket.
You have a lot of superfluous parentheses in that expression. You could certainly simplify it.
Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

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Is it possible to view the members of a DDG via the outlook cliënt (exchange 2010 SP1 + Outlook 2010)? For a normal Distribution Group I can see who are the members by viewing it's properties but not for a Dynamic Distribution Group....
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Dynamic Distribution Group - Moderator approval fails

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(On premise and office365 Exchange)
we use the above in our organization. we have some dynamic groups created. I have a moderator for a couple of groups. when a user sends an email to one of the group that has a moderator, the latter gets an email to either approve or reject the message. when
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Kind Regards, Khuzema R.

Hi Khuzema,
Please confirm if your Dynamic Distribution Group is created on-promise and the moderator is on the Office365 Exchange.
If the Dynamic Distribution Group and the moderator are in different Exchange servers: On-premise and Online, please open the Dynamic Distribution Group in EAC, then check
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Create/Edit "Custom Attributes" in Dynamic Distribution Groups

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Hi,
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Help with dynamic distribution group exclusion

Hi all,
Having a strange trouble with a dynamic distribution group filtering on the user being a member of a particular group
Recipient Filter is:
((((((((RecipientType -eq 'UserMailbox') -and (-not(Title -like '[]*')))) -and (MemberOfGroup -ne 'CN =ExcludeFromMoitorigList,OU=Mail Redirect,OU=System Accounts,OU=New Objects,DC=test,DC=local'))) -and (-not(UserAccountControl -eq 'AccountDisabled, NormalAccount, DoNotExpirePassword')))) -and (-not(Name -like 'SystemMailbox{*')) -and (-not(Name -like 'CAS_{*')) -and (-not(RecipientTypeDetailsValue -eq 'MailboxPlan')) -and (-not(RecipientTypeDetailsValue -eq 'DiscoveryMailbox')) -and (-not(RecipientTypeDetailsValue -eq 'ArbitrationMailbox')))
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I'm not sure what all of the settings you are adding are for, but operating under the assumption that they are necessary, try this:
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If that doesn't work, try this:
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As such, I re-created it without that, and that's what I've done with your string. I also changed the -ne to a -not(-eq) and in the second example, got rid of some extra parenthesis that I'm not sure you need.
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Thanks kglad for the reply.
I substituted shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors.push(loader.data); for shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors=loader.data.split(","); like you suggested, but I still got the same output:
openHandler: [Event type="open" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2]
progressHandler loaded:57 total: 0
httpStatusHandler: [HTTPStatusEvent type="httpStatus" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 status=200]
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athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor
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I also tried shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors.push(loader.data.split(",")); and it gave me the following output instead:
openHandler: [Event type="open" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2]
progressHandler loaded:57 total: 0
httpStatusHandler: [HTTPStatusEvent type="httpStatus" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 status=200]
completeHandler: athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor
athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor
logo selected
TypeError: Error #1006: addEventListener is not a function.
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Any ideas?
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As far as I understand it, OPATH does not support bitwise and/or flags, so excluding disabled accounts from dynamic distribution lists is impossible, unless I am missing something super simple.
Many have found what they believe to be a valid solution by using -not(UserAccountControl -eq 'AccountDisabled, NormalAccount') in their filter, but this only equates to "anything NOT with a UserAccountControl value of 514 (integer)". Simply
adding "password does not expire" option on the account breaks that filter even if the account is disabled.
Further, it appears anytime you create an OPATH filter, Exchange does create an LDAP equivalent filter that can be read, however it seems you cannot directly edit the LDAPRecipientFilter. If I could, I could put in the necessary bitwise operation needed
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Hi Simon. Thanks for your response.
I'm not sure what additional information I can provide that I have not already regarding the my suggestion/requirement, short of re-stating my original query.
With Exchange 2003, we could simply exclude disabled accounts from dynamic distribution lists via the use of an LDAP filter that used bitwise logic against the UserAccountControl attribute, e.g.
(!UserAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)
With Exchange 2007, direct LDAP queries were deprecated in favor of OPATH. Unfortunately as a result, we can no longer filter out disabled accounts because OPATH does not support bitwise logic -xor -xand, etc. Because of this we can no longer
effectively use the UserAccountControl flags to exclude disabled accounts. We can use this attribute by specifying explicit combinations of flags, e.g.
UserAccountControl -ne 'AccountDisabled, NormalAccount'
But because this attribute is a culmination of bits representing many different account options, there are a large number of combinations of values that could include Disabled Accounts whereby a filter such as above would NOT work. E.g. simply adding
an option to not expire the password on the account renders the filter above invalid.
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enforcing the use of an additional attribute is not effective.
I would like to understand why OPATH excludes this functionality, e.g. is it a design decision? Or is it simply an oversight? Further I'd like to see this functionality added.

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But how do I now apply it to the dynamic distribution group?
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If you are editing the filter directly, I would recommend using the Exchange Management Shell. You can also fallback to editing the group using ADSIEDIT.MSC as this information is stored on the AD object properties.
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/dblanch/archive/2010/10/12/there-s-something-about-2007-dynamic-distribution-groups.aspx

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