Microsoft Exchange Server 2013: Mailbox and High Availability

Resource mailboxes

Exchange 2013 supports mailboxes that are configured to represent rooms that can be added to meeting requests. Equipment mailboxes are a further mailbox variation that can be attached to rooms to represent the various items that support holding meetings in the room such as whiteboards, projectors, and tables. Although all mailboxes occupy space in databases, room and equipment mailboxes are differentiated through the type assigned to the mailboxes and the properties you can set on the mailboxes. Collectively, room and equipment mailboxes are referred to as resource mailboxes.

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Resource mailboxes have disabled Windows accounts. To create a separation between normal user accounts and resource mailboxes, it’s a good idea to place ...