Creating the first value in ProxyAddresses attribute in AD LDS

Hi there
I have some powershell code that is failing at this point

$ADAMUserDirectoryEntry.properties.proxyaddresses.add($ADAttributeValue)

This command works providing that there is already a proxyaddresses value. If there is not I get the following error

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:1 char:59

  • $ADAMUserDirectoryEntry.properties.proxyadeewewdresses.add <<<< ($ADAttributeValue)
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (add:String) , RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

ProxyAddresses Attribute is displayed in Attribute column of ADSIEdit though its value is

$ADAMUserDirectoryEntries.properties does not display the proxyaddresses attribute
[DBG]: PS C:\Users\Administrator>>> $ADAMUserDirectoryEntry.properties

PropertyName Value Capacity Count


objectClass {top, person, organizatio… 4 4
cn Owen Johns 4 1
distinguishedName CN=Owen Johns,OU=Z1,OU=St… 4 1
instanceType 4 4 1
whenCreated 14/04/2015 22:02:05 4 1
whenChanged 16/04/2015 16:36:10 4 1
uSNCreated System.__ComObject 4 1
memberOf CN=SEC-ES-COR-The AssetBa… 4 1
uSNChanged System.__ComObject 4 1
name Owen Johns 4 1
objectGUID {131, 71, 124, 223…} 4 1
objectSid {1, 5, 0, 0…} 4 1
objectCategory CN=Person,CN=Schema,CN=Co… 4 1
dSCorePropagationData 01/01/1601 00:00:00 4 1
uid Oj01 4 1
nTSecurityDescriptor System.__ComObject 4 1

Appreciate any help

The error is saying that $ADAMUserDirectoryEntry.properties.proxyadeewewdresses is null - specifically, ProxyAdeewewdresses. I’m not sure you’ve got that spelled right.

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