LINKED MAILBOX EXCHANGE 2010 UPDATE

We are going to create a Linked Mailbox.В This feature is available only in the Exchange Server 2007 Resource Forest scenario. The process to create a mailbox in this scenario is a little bit different than a usual mailbox. Okay, now that we have distinct OUs, Storage Groups, and mailbox databases for the Account Forest, we can start the last procedure, that is the user creation.Д¬reating a Linked Mailbox using the Exchange Management Console Following MicrosoftвЂ™s best practices, we should separate the mailbox databases and mailboxes into distinct disks.ДЇigure 03: Separated Storage Groups for each Account Forest We are going to create two Storage Groups and consequently two mailbox databases for the users of both Account Forests, as shown in Figure 03. To do that, we can create a parent OU called Host and two sub-OUs called: APatricio OU and Other OU, as shown in Figure 02.ДЇigure 02: Creating OUs to distribute the users In our article let us put the users in separated OUs. Now, our scenario is shown belowВ in figure 01.ДЇigure 01: Our scenario with Exchange Server 2007 installed, trusts created and DNS resolution workingД«efore we begin user creation, we can organize our Active Directory and Exchange Server 2007 to holdВ both account Forests. In the first article weВ worked on our infrastructure, where we fixed the name resolution, installed Exchange Server 2007 in the Resource Forest and created the one-way outgoing trusts between Resource Forest and Account Forests. One thing to keep in mind is thatВ the next section will explain the current situation of the Exchange Resource Forest after which we will start to work on Exchange Server 2007.

We will create users using the Exchange Management Shell and Exchange Management Console. In the second part of this article we will be working with Exchange Server 2007.

LINKED MAILBOX EXCHANGE 2010 UPDATE

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