Users created using new-mailbox script on exchange shell are disabled by default

Question

I've done this many times before and I don't recall hitting this problem, however I'm creating mailboxes on exchange shell using new-mailbox and the accounts which are created in AD are all disabled by default.

I understand that this is normal behavour if a password is not supplied, however I've provided a password.

 New-Mailbox -Name 'Joe.Bloggs' -Alias 'Joe.Bloggs'  -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -String 'MyPassword123' -AsPlainText -Force) -ResetPasswordOnNextLogon $false -OrganizationalUnit 'MyDomain/MyTopLevelOU/ChildOU' -UserPrincipalName 'Joe.Bloggs@domain.com' -SamAccountName 'Joe.Bloggs' -FirstName 'Joe' -LastName 'Bloggs' -DisplayName 'Joe Bloggs'

Can anyone see why this would be the case or explain how I can resolve?

John · Answer 1 · 2017-06-14T08:19:01.750

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This one was strange... The accounts are indeed disabled when created, however refreshing the AD users and computers screen 20 seconds later or so shows that they have been enabled.

I guess I was being too hasty.

edited Jun 14 '17 at 08:19

answered Jun 14 '17 at 08:04

John

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It just need time to take effect. :) – Sue.J Jun 14 '17 at 08:29
This may also be a slight delay in your Active Directory Replication if they were created on one domain controller, and you were possibly viewing another. – Cory Knutson Jun 14 '17 at 22:22

Users created using new-mailbox script on exchange shell are disabled by default

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