How to set mailnickname user attribute in the environments with no on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server

Summary: If there is no on-premise Exchange server in your environment Exchange attributes will not be populated. This article contains a step-by-step instruction on how to populate mailnickname user attribute that is required for synchronization to work properly.

Applies to: Cayosoft Administrator 8.x and later

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Configuration

1. In the Cayosoft Administrator Console, navigate to Home > Configuration > Web Portal > Web Actions > Active Directory > New User.

2. Open the Account section.

3. Set email and add primary proxy address to Only when a user is created with a mailbox.

4. Save changes.

5. Create the rule.

6. Set Query criteria to this value:

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   {(mail -like "*") -and (mailNickname -notlike "*")}

7. Set Attribute to mailnickName

8. Set Value to $FoundObject.SamAccountName

9. Save changes.

When the rule is run all users who have email address but don't have mailnickName will have mailnickName set to SamAccountName.