You can perform Exchange-related tasks (for example, creating or deleting email addresses) on Active Directory (AD) user accountsn with the Active Roles Console.
To perform Exchange tasks on a user account
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In the Console tree, locate and select the folder that contains the user account you want to perform Exchange tasks on.
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In the details pane, right-click the user account and click Exchange Tasks to start the Exchange Task Wizard.
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On the Available Tasks page of the wizard, select the task you want to perform.
The following tasks are available, depending on the selected group:
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Create User Mailbox, Establish E-mail Addresses: The account is enabled, and does not have a mailbox or external email address.
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Create User Mailbox, Create Room Mailbox, Create Equipment Mailbox, Create Linked Mailbox, Create Shared Mailbox, Establish E-mail Addresses: The account is disabled, and does not have a mailbox or external email address.
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Move Mailbox, Disable Mailbox: The account has a mailbox.
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Delete E-mail Addresses: The account has an external email address.
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Enable Archive: The account has a user mailbox without an archive.
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Disable Archive: The account has a user mailbox with an archive.
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- On the next page of the wizard, do one of the following, depending on the selected task:
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Mailbox Settings: Specify the alias and mailbox database. You can select a retention policy, Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policy, or address book policy for the mailbox.
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Enable Archive: Optionally, specify the mailbox database for the archive.
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Resource Information: Configure the resource capacity and custom properties for the room or equipment mailbox.
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Master Account: Select the master account for the linked mailbox.
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Mailbox Sharing: Specify the users who you want to have access to the mailbox.
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Establish E-mail Addresses: Specify the user alias and external email address.
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Move Mailbox: Select the database to which you want to move the mailbox. If the mailbox has an archive enabled, specify whether to move only the mailbox, only the archive, or both the mailbox and the archive.
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Disable Mailbox, Disable Archive, Delete E-mail Addresses: Confirm the operation.
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On the completion page of the wizard, review the results of the task. To view the progress report, click Back. To close the wizard, click Finish.
NOTE: Consider the following when performing Exchange tasks:
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You can perform Exchange tasks on multiple objects at a time. To do so, start the Exchange Task Wizard by selecting the objects, right-clicking the selection, and clicking Exchange Tasks.
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To locate the objects on which you want to perform Exchange tasks, use the Find function of Active Roles. Once you found the objects, start the Exchange Task Wizard by selecting the objects in the list of search results, right-clicking the selection, and clicking Exchange Tasks.