Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Using the Directory Management Service

The Directory Management Service in SharePoint 2010 uses a timer job within SharePoint to automate the creation of contact objects. These contacts are automatically created to allow inbound mail to document libraries or lists within SharePoint to be automatically enabled.

For example, when a document library called Companyabc-doclib is created and selected to be email-enabled, the SharePoint Directory Management Service automatically creates a contact object in Active Directory that has a primary SMTP address of [e-mail], in this example. This contact then inherits a secondary SMTP address of [e-mail] through Exchange recipient policies. These policies ...