# [RECOVERED] Add developer@ email alias for admin@

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## User
- **User:** Mike Swanson (mike)
- **Machine:** GURU-5070
- **Role:** admin

## Session Summary

The session focused on adding an email alias for the "ACG Admin" distribution group in Exchange Online. Initially, the alias `developer@azcomputerguru.com` was to be added as a secondary SMTP address for the group's primary email `admin@azcomputerguru.com`. A script was used to resolve the tenant and verify the group's current state, revealing that the group was a mail-enabled distribution list managed by Exchange, not Azure AD.  

The Exchange Operator service principal lacked the Exchange Administrator role, causing permission errors when attempting to modify the group's proxy addresses. The role was assigned to resolve this, enabling the alias addition. The alias was successfully added via Exchange Online, and the change was verified.  

A secondary task involved searching for emails sent to the group's primary email address, which revealed an Apple Account verification email and a stalled Apple Developer enrollment. These were flagged as pending actions for the user to address.

## Key Decisions

- Use the Exchange Operator service principal to manage the distribution group alias due to its Exchange-specific capabilities.  
- Assign the Exchange Administrator role to the Exchange Operator service principal to resolve permission issues.  
- Add the alias via Exchange Online instead of Azure AD Graph, as the latter could not modify proxy addresses for distribution lists.

## Problems Encountered

- The Exchange Operator service principal lacked the Exchange Administrator role, causing 403 errors during proxy address modifications.  
- The script initially attempted to use Azure AD Graph, which could not modify Exchange-managed distribution group settings.  
- The alias addition required a full proxyAddresses replacement, which was not supported via REST in the expected format.

## Configuration Changes

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## Credentials & Secrets

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## Infrastructure & Servers

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- **Hosts:** `azcomputerguru.com`, `patch-tenant-admin-manifest.sh`, `resolve-tenant.sh`, `user-breach-check.sh`, `tenant-sweep.sh`, `onboard-tenant.sh`, `get-token.sh`, `vault.sh`, `login.microsoftonline.com`, `odata.context`, `graph.microsoft.com`, `azcomputerguru.onmicrosoft.com`, `microsoft.exchange.admin.odata.core.odataserviceexception`, `microsoft.exchange.data.proxyaddresscollection`, `newtonsoft.json.linq.jproperty`, `microsoft.exchange.data.proxyaddress`, `microsoft.exchange.adminapi.commandinvocation.parametertransformationexception`, `adminapi.warnings`, `odata.type`, `outlook.office365.com`, `exchange.generichashtable`, `mail.read`, `id.apple.com`, `email.apple.com`, `identity.json`, `2026-05-15-session.md`, `sync.sh`

## Commands & Outputs

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```
test -f D:/vault/scripts/vault.sh && echo "vault OK" || echo "vault MISSING"
```
Output: vault OK

## Pending / Incomplete Tasks

- The Apple Account verification email requires user action to complete the verification process.  
- The Apple Developer enrollment HH5UA87LAH is stalled and needs identity verification.  
- A full tenant onboard script for `azcomputerguru.com` was not executed, leaving potential gaps in role assignments for other MSP applications.

## Reference Information

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- **Commit SHAs:** `de8d2de`
- **URLs:** https://login.microsoftonline.com/${DOMAI, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users(displayName,userPrincipalName,mail,proxyAddresses,id, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups(id,displayName,mail,proxyAddresses,groupTypes,mailEnabled, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#roleManagement/directory/roleAssignments, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#roleManagement/directory/roleAssignments/$entity, https://outlook.office365.com/adminapi/beta/ce61461e-81a0-4c84-bb4a-7b354a9a356d/$metadata#Collection(Exchange.GenericHashTable
