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title: New-DistributionGroup is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
slug: 4GO3-new-distributiongroup-is-not-recognized-as-a-name-of-a-cmdlet-function-script-file-or-executable-program
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createdAt: 2025-07-24T02:17:20.547Z
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This issue occurred because Office365 Exchange Server Resource was not configured correctly. It was missing a PSCredentials parameter that is required to manage distribution lists in the cloud.