Add Proxy Address in Active Directory
In this tutorial, you will learn how to add, change and remove proxy addresses in Active Directory.
Table of Contents:
How to Add Proxy Addresses
In this first example, I will add a new proxy address to multiple user accounts.
Step 1. Click on User Bulk Updater
Step 2. Download the CSV Template
Step 3. Modify CSV Template
- sAMAccountName column = The users logon name that you want to update
- proxyAddresses column = The new proxy address you want to add to the users account. To add multiple proxy addresses separate them with a column.
Tip: You can get a list of all user’s logon names (sAMAccountName) including their existing proxy addresses by using the export tool.
To make the CSV template easier to read I will delete the columns that are not needed.
CSV Example.
Step 4. Select Append proxyAddresses
Step 5. Select your CSV and click run
Check the logs for any errors.
Now I’ll check one of the accounts to verify the changes. You can see below two new proxy addresses have been added to this users account.
Change Existing Proxy Addresses
In this example, I will modify existing proxy addresses for multiple user accounts.
Step 1. Click on user Bulk Updater
Step 2. Download the CSV Template
Step 3. Modify CSV Template
- sAMAccountName column = The user’s logon name that you want to update.
- proxyAddresses column = The target proxy address you want to modify.
- new_proxyAddresses column = The new proxy address.
CSV Example.
In this example, the proxy addresses in column B will be updated to the proxy addresses in column c.
Step 4. Select update existing proxyAddresses
Step 5. Select your CSV and click run.
Check the logs and verify the changes.
For the above user account you can see the address smtp:Mona.Clarke2@activedirectorypro.com was updated to the new address smtp:Willard.Beeks3@activedirectorypro.com.
How to Remove Proxy Addresses
To remove proxy addresses from a user account put remove in the proxyaddresses column.
Tip: I recommend using the export tool to export all users and their proxy addresses to a CSV file before running the remove option.
Note: This will remove all proxy addresses for the user.
CSV Example:
Select your CSV file and click run.
Now if I look at one of the accounts the proxyAddresses will be blank.
