How to create a mail box in exchange 2013
To create a mailbox in Exchange 2013, you can follow these steps:
Method 1: Using the Exchange Management Console
- Open the Exchange Management Console on your Exchange 2013 server.
- In the console tree, navigate to Recipient Configuration > Mailboxes.
- Right-click on Mailboxes and select New Mailbox.
- In the New Mailbox wizard, select the type of mailbox you want to create (e.g., User Mailbox, Room Mailbox, or Equipment Mailbox).
- Enter the required information, such as:
- Name: The name of the mailbox.
- First name: The first name of the mailbox owner.
- Last name: The last name of the mailbox owner.
- Initials: The initials of the mailbox owner.
- User logon name: The username for the mailbox owner.
- Password: The password for the mailbox owner.
- Password (again): Confirm the password.
- Click Next to proceed.
- Choose the Mailbox database where you want to store the new mailbox.
- Click New to create the mailbox.
Method 2: Using the Exchange Management Shell
- Open the Exchange Management Shell on your Exchange 2013 server.
- Run the following command to create a new mailbox:
New-Mailbox -Name <Name> -UserPrincipalName <UPN> -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -String <Password> -AsPlainText -Force) -Database <MailboxDatabase>
Replace the placeholders with the following information:
<Name>
: The name of the mailbox.<UPN>
: The username for the mailbox owner (e.g.,[email protected]
).<Password>
: The password for the mailbox owner.<MailboxDatabase>
: The name of the mailbox database where you want to store the new mailbox.
For example:
New-Mailbox -Name John Doe -UserPrincipalName [email protected] -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -String P@ssw0rd -AsPlainText -Force) -Database "Mailbox Database 1"
- Press Enter to create the mailbox.
Additional Tips
- Make sure you have the necessary permissions to create a mailbox in Exchange 2013.
- You can also use the **New-Mailbox
cmdlet with the
-EnableRoomMailboxor
-EnableEquipmentMailbox` parameters to create a room or equipment mailbox, respectively. - If you want to create a mailbox with a specific mailbox policy, you can use the
-MailboxPolicy
parameter with theNew-Mailbox
cmdlet.