Nomas tool from microsoft pss

So now, the only way you will get the event is due to a real problem with the user account associated with a mailbox. You must be a registered user to add a comment. If you've already registered, sign in. Otherwise, register and sign in. Products 72 Special Topics 41 Video Hub Most Active Hubs Microsoft Teams. Security, Compliance and Identity. Microsoft Edge Insider. Azure Databases. Autonomous Systems. Education Sector. Microsoft Localization.

Microsoft PnP. Healthcare and Life Sciences. Internet of Things IoT. Enabling Remote Work. Small and Medium Business. Humans of IT. Green Tech. This is most typically seen when the ADC synchronizes resource mailboxes into the Active Directory as disabled Windows accounts.

Setting the SELF account with the Associated External Account right means that the resource mailbox is available to those who have permissions to access it. Well, consider the scenario where someone leaves your organization and your helpdesk disables their mailbox-enabled Windows account. Alternatively, if your helpdesk does indeed correctly set the msExchMasterAccountSid attribute, what happens if the user returns and the helpdesk re-enables their account?

Will they remember the msExchMasterAccountSid attribute? Therefore, all new messages sent to that account will receive a non-delivery report unless you take action. OK, enough of the gloom and doom.

This is done via Active Directory Users and Computers, where you navigate to the affected user account, bring up the properties, click the Exchange Advanced tab and then click the Mailbox Rights button. This is fully documented in the Microsoft knowledgebase article But what if you find that you have many accounts that need fixing? Or, more importantly, how can you reliably search for problematic accounts? However, there is a better solution and this is where the NoMAS tool comes in.

To make bulk changes to fix these issues, you can use the NoMAS tool. This is a tool written by Alex Seigler of Microsoft, although Alex says that it is now owned and maintained by Dave Goldman.

The tool itself is a single executable file called nomas. Running the tool gives you the simple screen shown below in Figure Note that, by default, the log file is set automatically to nomas. Also on the main screen are two options: Mode selection and User selection. Close this window and log in. Join Us Close. Join Tek-Tips Forums! Join Us! By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail. Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here. The problem is, they seem to have changed the system recently and you can only ask them for the patch after you have given your credit card details.

I can't give them any credit card details but I won't be charged anyway because it will be classed as an Exchange bug. Does anyone know how I can contact Microsoft for this tool without having to give credit card details? Or does anyone have it that can pass it onto me? Thanks for your help. Hi, I have just managed to get hold of this tool. Did you have any luck? Thanks for the replies. Good lateral thinking there, thanks for the suggestion.

Good to hear you where able to get the tool. He didn't send any additional info but I have read a few articles around the web for how to use it. It's changed somewhat from back in when Alex wrote it. I just happen to run into this place on my own time.