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New-Contact

Use the New-Contact cmdlet to create a new contact in the directory. Most contact properties can be directly added by using the parameters supported by this cmdlet.

Syntax​

New-Contact
-Name <string>
-OrganizationalUnit <string>
-FirstName <string>
-LastName <string>
-DisplayName <string>
[-UPNSuffix <string>]
[-Title <string>]
[-City <string>]
[-State <string>]
[-Zip <string>]
[-Country <string>]
[-Initials <string>]
[-Address <string>]
[-Office <string>]
[-Business <string>]
[-Business2 <string>]
[-Alias <string>]
[-EmailAddress <string>]
[-Department <string>]
[-Company <string>]
[-Mobile <string>]
[-Home <string>]
[-Manager <string[]>]
[-HomePage <string>]
[-Assistant <string>]
[-Notes <string>]
[-MailEnabled <string>]
[-IdentityStoreId <int>]
[-SecurityToken <CustomClaimsPrincipal>]
[-Credential <pscredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]

Required Parameters​

  • Name
  • OrganizationalUnit
  • FirstName
  • LastName
  • DisplayName

Example:

The following command creates a new contact in the container specified by the OrganizationalUnit parameter. The command also specifies the logon name, first name, last name and display name of the new contact.

New-Contact -Name "OsamaContact" -OrganizationalUnit "OU=osamamu,DC=naveed,DC=local" -FirstName "OsamaContact" -LastName "OsamaContact" -DisplayName "OsamaContact"