Exchange Server Cookbook

5.2. Creating a Mailbox for an Existing User

Problem

You have an existing account that isn't mailbox-enabled; you need to create a mailbox for it.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

1. Log on to any machine in your domain that has the Exchange management tools installed.

2. Open the ADUC snap-in (Users and Computers.msc).

3. Locate the account for which you want to create a mailbox.

4. Right-click the target account and choose the Exchange Tasks command.

5. The Exchange Task Wizard will appear. (You may see a welcome page first; if so, click Next to move past it.)

6. From the Available Tasks window, choose Create Mailbox and click Next.

7. On the Create Mailbox page (see Figure 5-1), fill in the alias you want the mailbox to have, then select a server and mailbox store from the drop-down listings. Note that you may not be able to easily move the user's mailbox later, depending on your organization and site configuration, so choose carefully. Click Next.

8. The Task in Progress window will briefly appear, then you'll see a completion page that indicates whether the mailbox creation succeeded or not. Click Finish.

Figure 5-1. The Create Mailbox page

Using a command-line interface

Use exchmbx with the -cr switch to specify the server, storage group, and mailbox database where you want the user's mailbox to be created:

> exchmbx -b <userDN> -cr <server>:<storageGroup>:<mailboxDatabase>

Using VBScript

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