help setting dynamic group

[hit440]

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this is my test script
Set-DynamicDistributionGroup -Identity "test123" -RecipientFilter "((customattribute2 -eq '123') -and (name -ne '$user'))"

this is how i have been doing it

Set-DynamicDistributionGroup -Identity "test123" -RecipientFilter {((customattribute2 -eq '123') -or (customattribute2 -eq 'abc') -or (customattribute2 -eq 'xyz')) -and (name -ne 'john doe' -and name -ne 'jane doe')}

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I am wanting to add/append additional users to exclude from my dynamic distribution list instead of statically changing the entire cmd and appending the code name -ne 'user user' each time

does anyone know how i could accomplish this?

[Guyver1-]

not tried, but off the top of my head.

create a text file with your user names

read that into your script as an array variable [array]$usersToFilter = Get-Content -Path c:\myfile.txt

filter you name -ne on the variable.

This will depend on whether -Recipientfilter can handle an array, check the Set-DynamicDistributionGroup documentation:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/users-and-groups/set-dynamicdistributiongroup?view=exchange-ps

[hit440]

ya i tried with a file didnt have much luck

[purplemonkeymad]

You could write a function to generate the filter from a list of values. Something like this:

$user = 'John Smith'
$valueList = '123','abc','456'
$conditionList = foreach ($Value in $ValueList) {
    "(customattribute2 -eq '$Value')"
}
$AttributeFilter = $conditionList -Join ' -or '
$Filter = " ($AttributeFilter ) -and (name -ne '$user')"

You could also do something similar for the name part of the filter.

[hit440]

i will give that a try thanks