Default check the "Deliver message to both forwarding address and mailbox" checkbox in EAC

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Default check the "Deliver message to both forwarding address and mailbox" checkbox in EAC

Timo Schulte 0

Hey,

is it possible to default check the "Deliver message to both forwarding address and mailbox" checkbox in eac? I'm talking about the checkbox you get when activating mail forwarding for a mailbox.
See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/recipients/user-mailboxes/email-forwarding?view=exchserver-2019#use-the-exchange-admin-center-to-set-up-email-forwarding for more information.

Best regards,

Timo

Aholic Liang-MSFT 13,886 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-18T10:02:28.3166667+00:00

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Timo Schulte 0 Reputation points

2023-10-20T06:09:34.24+00:00

Ah i didn't realize there there was an answer. Thanks for the help. It's unfortunately there is no "real" solution to my problem.

While powershell would be working, we would absolutely prefer a way on the eac.

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2023-10-18T10:02:28.3166667+00:00

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Timo Schulte 0 Reputation points

2023-10-20T06:09:34.24+00:00

Ah i didn't realize there there was an answer. Thanks for the help. It's unfortunately there is no "real" solution to my problem.

While powershell would be working, we would absolutely prefer a way on the eac.

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Aholic Liang-MSFT 13,886 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @ Timo Schulte，

Based on my research and search, we can't set this setting to be selected by default in the EAC.

If you feel it is troublesome to configure forwarding in batches in the EAC, I recommend that you set forwarding through the DeliverToMailboxAndForward parameter with PowerShell:

Set-Mailbox -Identity "Douglas Kohn" -DeliverToMailboxAndForward $true -ForwardingSMTPAddress "******@fineartschool.net"

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Aholic Liang-MSFT 13,886 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-20T07:27:21.5333333+00:00
Hi @ Timo Schulte，

While powershell would be working, we would absolutely prefer a way on the eac.

I understand your thoughts. In comparison, EAC will be more convenient and visual.

However, there is no general setting to change this to be selected by default.

As a workaround, you can use scheduled tasks to periodically run the following script to avoid having mailboxes miss setting "Deliver message to both forwarding address and mailbox"：

$mailboxes=Get-Mailbox | Where-Object {$_.ForwardingAddress -ne $null} $mailboxes | Set-Mailbox -DeliverToMailboxAndForward $true
Aholic Liang-MSFT 13,886 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-24T07:01:12.8+00:00

Hi @ Timo Schulte，

Hope things are going well. I am waiting to see if the above information helps. If there's anything else we can help, feel free to let us know.

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