Follow-Up: import-recipientdataproperty

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Last year I blogged about uploading a picture in Outlook 2010 using the power of the Exchange Management Shell in Exchange 2010 (http://blogs.technet.com/ilvancri/archive/2009/11/17/upload-picture-in-outlook-2010-using-the-exchange-management-shell-exchange-2010.aspx)

The following question came back to me:

Is it possible to add the pictures to an Ex2007 Sp1/Outlook 2007 system?

So here’s a follow-up to the first article, time to investigate if pictures can be uploaded in other versions of Exchange / Outlook / Active Directory…

Server environment =  Exchange 2003 sp2 (migex2k3) + Exchange 2007 sp2 (migex2k7) + Exchange 2010 (mailex2k10) + Active Directory 2008

Client environment = Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010

Mailboxes on all three servers

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Running the below cmdlets on my Exchange 2010 server, shows that it is possible to use the shell to update this attribute for a mailbox located on Exchange 2010, ánd Exchange 2007,  but (sadly, yet expected) not for one located on Exchange 2003.

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The picture itself is ONLY visible using Outlook 2010!

Outlook 2003 =

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Outlook 2007 =

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Outlook 2010 =

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However, it is possible to populate the field in AD, and have a picture shown in Outlook 2010 for a mailbox-enabled user located on Exchange 2003 J

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Using Outlook 2010, the picture is there :-)

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One might wonder if it isn’t possible to use the address template editor in Exchange 2003, and/or  Exchange 2007  (more information here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232094(EXCHG.80).aspx)  to include the field thumbnailPhoto, but no it’s not.

-Ilse