To create a contact on Exchange 2010, 2013 & Exchange Online using EMS the command is:
New-MailContact -DisplayName "Display Name" -ExternalEmailAddress "[email protected]" -Name "Alias"
To create contacts from a list, using a bulk command first create a csv file with th contacts. The csv must have the Display Name, the Email Address and the alias for each contact. The run the below command:
Import-Csv C:tempcontacts.csv|%{New-MailContact -Name $_.alias -DisplayName $_.DisplayName -ExternalEmailAddress $_.EmailAddress}
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