Enter the Exchange Server 2019 Product key using GUI
Activate Exchange Server 2019
1- Login to Exchange Admin Center and select the servers tab and select Servers so, select the server you want to add the license and then click on Enter Product Key.
2- Now select the General tab so enter your product key under entering a valid product key and then click on save.
3- Now you will get a warning message to restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service so click on ok.
We can create a separate new mailbox database so we can keep mailboxes. By performing this, we can divide special customers or certain crew of mailboxes in certain databases. A mailbox database is a unit of crude where mailboxes are create and stored. A database is store as a database (. edb) file. In Microsoft Exchange Server 2019.
Create a New Mailbox Database Exchange 2019
1- Login Exchange Server admin console and select Servers and select Databases and then click on + add icon.
2- So we need to type a database name and under the Server option clicks on Browse.
3- Now select your exchange server where you want to create a database and then click on ok.
4- Select Database file bath and log folder path and click on save.
5- Now you will see a warning message. Please don’t ignore the warning.
So, we need to restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store Service after adding new Databases.
6- Open services.msc and then restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service.
7- After restarting Service the new database has been created and mounted.
If you would like to know more about how to create a new mailbox database in Microsoft Exchange Server 2019, so click here
Email Disclaimer exchange 2019 is some legal statements, that are added at the bottom of each e-mail that is incoming or outgoing of your organization.
Email Disclaimer exchange 2019
1- Login to Exchange 2019 Admin Center and Select mail flow > select rules > click the + Add button and then click apply disclaimers.
2- Type the name of the rule > under apply this rule if option > select the Sender is and click select peoples.
3- So select the users from the list > click the add button and click ok.
4- Under Do the following options, select append the disclaimer and click Enter text.
5- You can also use HTML and CSS to beautify the statements. Also, you can add colors, change fonts, etc. using HTML, CSS tags and click ok.
6- Click select one.
7- Now select wrap and click ok.
Wrap – the signature/disclaimer is append to a replacement email with the first message attached.
Ignore – the message is shipp without an email signature or disclaimer. We recommend you select this feature.
Reject – the e-mail isn’t sent and an NDR is received by the sender.
8- Under the properties of this rule, select audit this rule based on severity level and under choose a mode for the rule and select Enforce. Under match sender address in message choose Header which examines only the header and clicks save.
9- So you can see the email disclaimer rule created.
10- Now you can test email disclaimer by sending a few e-mails to recipients. The recipient sees a disclaimer in the footer of the e-mail.
A public folder exchange 2019, maybe a folder created to share information with others. PF in Outlook offers you an excellent place to gather, organize, and share information about particular topics or projects within a corporation.
What is an Exchange Public Folder?
An exchange public folder is a folder that is available to all users of an exchange server. Public folders can be created by any user and are typically used for sharing information such as calendar events, contacts, and email messages. Exchange public folders can also be used to store files, such as documents and images. When a public folder is created, it is automatically replicated to all exchange servers in the organization, making it possible for all users to access the same information. Public folders can be accessed via the exchange management console or the exchange control panel.
What are the benefits of using an Exchange Public Folder?
There are several benefits of using a public folder exchange:
Public folders make it possible for all users to access the same information, making collaboration easier.
Public folders can be used to store files, such as documents and images. This makes it easy to share files between users.
Public folders are automatically replicated to all exchange servers in the organization, making the information available even if one server goes down.
Public folders can be accessed via the exchange management console or the exchange control panel, making it easy to manage and monitor the information.
Configure Public Folder Exchange 2019
1- Login in Exchange admin center and left side select public folders and select Public Folder Mailboxes and then select + add button.
2- In the Name box, you can type the name of your choice > under Mailbox Database and then click the browse button. This is an Important Step in Public Folder Exchange.
3- Select the database and then click ok.
4- So click Save.
5- Now PF database created successfully.
6- Select the public folder and then click the + add button.
7- Type a name and click save.
8- PF created Successfully and then click manage.
9- Select + add button.
10- Click the Browse button.
11- Select users you want to allow permission and click ok.
12- Select the permission level and click save.
13- Click Save.
14- Permission added successfully and click close.
15- Under mail settings select Enable.
16- Warning message while selecting Enable and click yes.
17- Login your outlook web app > left side right click Favorite and click add a public folder to Favorites.
The offline address book (OAB) is employed by Outlook clients using cached mode for address lookups when the clients are offline.
1- Log in the Exchange admin center and click the servers tab and click databases and Highlight your mailbox database and then click on the edit button.
2- Select client settings and click on the browse button.
3- So, select Default OAB and click ok.
4- Now you can see the Default Offline Address Book selected for the mailbox database so click on save.
5- How to create a new Offline Address Book and assign it to the database in Exchange 2019.
This example creates an OAB named OAB NEW that contains the default global address list.
Now open Exchange PowerShell console and type the following command
New-OfflineAddressBook –name “OAB NEW” –Addresslists “\Default Global Address List
6- Log in to Exchange Admin Center > Left side select Servers > select Databases > select the database you want to assign the OAB to and click the Edit icon.
7- On your left side selects client settings and clicks the Browse button.
8- So, select the OAB to assign to the mailbox database and click ok.
In this blog, I will create Security groups named Sales for sales users. So when somebody send an email to [email protected] the email sent to all the members of the sales group.
1- Login to Exchange Admin Center (EAC) > click recipients > select groups > Click “+” Add so click on the Security group.
2- So we need to type Display name and alias of the group name, Under the Organization unit, click the browse button.
3- Select the particular OU. So, I have selected a Sales OU. The group created in the Sales OU And click ok.
4- Under Members click “+” icon.
5- Select user you want to add in this group > click add and click ok.
6- Select the owner’s approval is required click save.
7- As you can see below the Security group created with the [email protected] email address.
In this post, I will create a dynamic distribution group named Accounts for Accounts users. So when somebody sends an email to [email protected] the email sent to all the members of the Accounts group.
1- Log on to Exchange Admin Center (EAC) > Click recipients in the features pane > Select groups tab > click “+” Add so, click dynamic distribution group.
2- So we need to type a name in the Display name field and alias. Under Organization unit click browse.
3- Select the particular OU > to select Accounts OU > the group created in the Accounts OU. So, If you don’t specify the OU, the group is going to be created in Users OU by default.
4- Under Owner click browse
5- Choose the user that will be the owner of this group.
6- Under Members > choose all recipient types or any other from the list as shown below. Click add the rule, from the drop down list choose recipient container and select Accounts OU from the list, Click OK. Click Save. So all users in this OU will become a member of this distribution group.
7- As you’ll see below the distribution group created with [email protected] email address.
In this blog, I will create a distribution group named ITDepartment for ITDepartment users. So when somebody sends an email to [email protected] the email will be sent to all the members of ITDepartment group.
Create a Distribution Group Exchange 2019
1- Login to Exchange Admin Center(EAC) > click recipients > select groups > Click “+” Add so click distribution group.
2- So we need to type Display name and alias of the group name. Under the Organization unit and click on browse.
3- Select the particular OU. Here, I have selected Users. So, The dist group will be created in the Users OU and click ok.
4- Under Members click, so click the “+” icon.
5- Select user you want to add in the group so click add and click ok.
6- I have selected Closed, which means members can be added only by group owners. likewise, there are two choices for users quitting the group, Open or Closed. Here, I even have selected Open which allows any group member to go away the group without a gaggle owners’ approval. and click on save. save.
7- As you can see below the group created with [email protected] email address. By default, only users inside the organization can send emails to this group.
8- Select the Distribution group and click on edit and select Delivery Management. So, choose senders inside and out of doors my organization clicks on save.
So, now test by sending an Email.
9- Login Outlook Web App > select new mail and type Dist group name (ITDepartment) and type Subject and click send.
10- Now I received an email.
11- Use Exchange PowerShell to make a distribution group This example creates a distribution group with an alias ITSupport and the name ITSupport. The group will created within the default OU and anyone can join this group without the approval of the group owners.
New-DistributionGroup -Name “ITSupport” -Alias ITSupport -MemberJoinRestriction open
12- ITSupport Distribution group successfully created.
Configure HTTP to HTTPS and URL Redirection domain mail.xpertstec.com to OWA
I need the domain mail.xpertstec.com to be used by clients to access the Exchange webmail. Similarly, https://mail.xpertstec.com/ecp will be used by the administrator to access the EAC console from outside. So we need to redirect the mail.xpertstec.com to https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa.
Configure URL Redirection HTTP to HTTPS
1- Open IIS manager in your Exchange server and click Default Web Site and double-click SSL Settings in features pane.
2- So uncheck the Require SSL and click on Apply.
3- In the IIS manager and click Exchange Back End and double click SSL Settings in features pane.
4- So, uncheck the Require SSL and click on Apply.
Redirect Default Web Site to OWA
Now we are redirecting http://mail.xpertstec.com to https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. We have already configured HTTP to HTTPS redirection. So, now we need to configure redirection for requests that come into Default Web Site to OWA virtual directory.
5- In the IIS manager, and click Default Web Site and Double-click HTTP Redirect feature in features pane.
6- Select the choice Redirect requests to the present destination and type the full path of the URL https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. within the Redirect Behavior option and check the choice – Only redirect requests to content during this directory (not subdirectories), Under status code, choose Found (302) and click Apply to save lots of the settings.
Repeat the same steps for Exchange Back End.
7- In the IIS manager, click Exchange Back End and double click HTTP Redirect feature in features pane.
8- Select the option Redirect requests to this destination and type the full path of the URL https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. In the Redirect Behavior option so check the option, only redirect requests to content in this directory (not subdirectories), under status code and choose Found (302) and click Apply to save the settings.
9- Now remove the HTTP redirect option from subfolders of both Default Web Sites and Exchange Back End. So, we only want the default web URL mail.xpertstec.com to be redirected to https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. So uncheck the HTTP Redirect option from all the subdirectories (ecp, ews, mapi, oab, owa, powershell and etc) of the Default Web Sites and Click Apply.
10- Now uncheck the HTTP Redirect option from all the subdirectories (ecp, ews, mapi, oab, owa, powershell and etc) of the Exchange Back End and click Apply.
Configure ECP Sub Folder
We need to allow SSL connection to this virtual directory so the SSL option must be configured first. This means that you must type https://xpertstec.com/Oldbackup/ecp in the browser to login to the EAC console.
11- Under default web site, select ecp virtual directory and double click SSL Settings from the features pane.
12- Select the Require SSL option and click Apply to save the settings.
13- Under Exchange Back End, select ecp virtual directory and double click SSL Settings from the features pane.
14- Select Require SSL option > click Apply to save the settings.
Now you can use https://mail.xpertstec.com/ecp URL Redirection to successfully log into EAC console.
15- Now restart the IIS server by typing iisreset in the command prompt. You can now access the OWA by typing the URL, mail.xpertstec.com in the browser which will redirect you to https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa.
Setup outlook web app, OWA is known as Outlook Web App, Outlook Web Access is a browser based email client. Outlook on the web you can access your Exchange Server user mailbox from approximately any web browser.
Setup Outlook Web App
1- If you receive the following certificate warning page, click Continue to this website (not recommended) to continue to open OWA.
2- On the Outlook Web App sign-in page, type your user name and password and then click Sign in.
3- Select the language > select time zone and then click Save.
4- For testing new email click New.
5- Type email address > type Subject and then click Send.
