Get Primary SMTP email address from AD User name

Posted by alambert on September 7, 2018
Posted in: Active Directory, Exchange, Powershell. Leave a Comment 
># Setting the parameters 
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string]$Username
)


# Import the tools to work with AD.
Import-Module ActiveDirectory

# Get Primary Proxy Address.
$user = Get-ADUser -Identity $username  -Properties proxyAddresses
$primarySMTPAddress = ""
foreach ($address in $user.proxyAddresses)
{
    if (($address.Length -gt 5) -and ($address.SubString(0,5) -ceq 'SMTP:'))
    {
        $primarySMTPAddress = $address.SubString(5)
        break
    }
}
$primarySMTPAddress
 

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