Comments on: Using Powershell to import contacts into Exchange and Outlook Live http://www.stevieg.org/2010/07/using-powershell-to-import-contacts-into-exchange-and-outlook-live/ The weblog of an IT pro specialising in Exchange, Exchange, VMware, Servers and Storage Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Goodman http://www.stevieg.org/2010/07/using-powershell-to-import-contacts-into-exchange-and-outlook-live/comment-page-1/#comment-3299 Steve Goodman Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:21:43 +0000 http://www.stevieg.org/?p=336#comment-3299 Thanks, and cheers for sharing your experiences :-) Steve Thanks, and cheers for sharing your experiences :-)

Steve

]]> By: jotheman http://www.stevieg.org/2010/07/using-powershell-to-import-contacts-into-exchange-and-outlook-live/comment-page-1/#comment-3242 jotheman Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:43:48 +0000 http://www.stevieg.org/?p=336#comment-3242 And a last comment. The reply above can be ignored, this was not the problem. When scripting these kinds of actions it appears the O365 server needs to catch it's breath after each action. The things I found out: - Make sure you are on a stable connection - Put delays (code "Start-Sleep -Seconds 1") between actions such as impersonating a user, binding the contacts folder, creating a folder, creating a contact etcetera. After sticking to both of the above I saw no more 401's :) Best of luck to you all and thanks again Steve. And a last comment. The reply above can be ignored, this was not the problem.
When scripting these kinds of actions it appears the O365 server needs to catch it’s breath after each action. The things I found out:
- Make sure you are on a stable connection
- Put delays (code “Start-Sleep -Seconds 1″) between actions such as impersonating a user, binding the contacts folder, creating a folder, creating a contact etcetera.

After sticking to both of the above I saw no more 401′s :)
Best of luck to you all and thanks again Steve.

]]> By: jotheman http://www.stevieg.org/2010/07/using-powershell-to-import-contacts-into-exchange-and-outlook-live/comment-page-1/#comment-2854 jotheman Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:13:18 +0000 http://www.stevieg.org/?p=336#comment-2854 In addition to this, the fault mentioned above was caused by the following: I did not use the following command upfront, in my case it was needed every time: New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Name:ImpersonationAssigmentName -Role:ApplicationImpersonation -User:[emailaddressofimpersonateduser] After that it worked again. Thanks Steve for the perfect setup! In addition to this, the fault mentioned above was caused by the following:
I did not use the following command upfront, in my case it was needed every time:
New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Name:ImpersonationAssigmentName -Role:ApplicationImpersonation -User:[emailaddressofimpersonateduser]

After that it worked again.
Thanks Steve for the perfect setup!

]]> By: jotheman http://www.stevieg.org/2010/07/using-powershell-to-import-contacts-into-exchange-and-outlook-live/comment-page-1/#comment-2845 jotheman Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:14:28 +0000 http://www.stevieg.org/?p=336#comment-2845 You need to use the direct link to EWS, as Steve noted, do this by using the switch Steve built in: -EWSUrl https://[servername].domain/EWS/Exchange.asmx I have a very strange problem, I was using the script all was going well, I could import some example csv's and was tuning the script (location, attributemappings etc). After a while I was no longer able to run the commands, I got the same error as people that were replying before: Exception calling "Bind" with "2" argument(s): "The request failed. The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthor ized." At C:\CSV-Import\Fullscript-v1\Import-MailboxContacts-FINAL.ps1:133 char:81 + $ContactsFolder = [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ContactsFolder]::Bind <<<< ($service, [Microsoft.Exchange. WebServices.Data.WellKnownFolderName]::Contacts); + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException Anyone have an idea why this is happening? You need to use the direct link to EWS, as Steve noted, do this by using the switch Steve built in:
-EWSUrl https://servername.domain/EWS/Exchange.asmx

I have a very strange problem, I was using the script all was going well, I could import some example csv’s and was tuning the script (location, attributemappings etc). After a while I was no longer able to run the commands, I got the same error as people that were replying before:
Exception calling “Bind” with “2″ argument(s): “The request failed. The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthor
ized.”
At C:\CSV-Import\Fullscript-v1\Import-MailboxContacts-FINAL.ps1:133 char:81
+ $ContactsFolder = [Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ContactsFolder]::Bind <<<< ($service, [Microsoft.Exchange.
WebServices.Data.WellKnownFolderName]::Contacts);
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?

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