SBS 2003/Exchange 2003 - Link a mailbox to an existing user?

[ianbergman]

OK, this might be a long shot in these forums, but I can hope --

I have an existing user in Small Business Server 2003, but he has no Exchange mailbox (wasn't created at the time the user was created). I can't for the life of me figure out how to create a mailbox for him and link it to his account. Help?

Thanks!

 

[lobadobadingdong]

edit the users active directory profile, when you include exchange support it should automatically generate the necissary settings.

 

[zodder]

If you are running AD (which I assume you are), on the Exchange 2003 machine (if it's a DC), go to "AD Users and Computers", > Users > "username" and right-click and choose "Exchange Tasks". You can create their mailbox there.

 

[ianbergman]

Yeah... you'd think it would be there.

Unfortunately, it wasn't. As best I can tell, a mailbox was actually created, but not "activated;" by that I mean that as soon as I tried to login to OWA with these settings, a previously hidden mailbox appeared in the mailstor and the exchange manager. weird.

 

[zodder]

I know what you mean. I had to migrate from Exchange 5.5 to 2003 in a weekend because our 5.5 server crapped the bed. It's a whole lot different and harder trying to learn and run AD AND Exchange 2003 in 2 days.