The public folder is a feature of Exchange Server you can share information with others. Configuring Public folders exchange 2013, Outlook offer you an excellent place to gather, organize, and share information about particular topics or projects within a corporation.
Configuring Public Folder Exchange 2013
1- Login in Exchange admin center > left side select public folders > select Public Folder Mailboxes and then select the + add
2- In the Name box you can type a name of your choice (PF Database) > under Mailbox Database click the browse button.
3- Select the database (I am selecting DB01) and then click on ok.
4- So, click Save.
5- Public folder mailbox “PF Database” created successfully.
6- Select the public folder and then click + add.
7- Type a public folder name and then click Save.
8- Public Folder successfully created and then click manage.
9- Select + add.
10- Click the Browse button.
11- Select user you want to allow permission and click ok.
12- Select permission level and click save.
13- Click Save.
14- Permission added successfully and click close.
15- Under public folder 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 public folder.
18- Select the public folder you want to add and click the add button.
Configure Offline Address Book Exchange 2013, The offline address book (OAB) is employed by Outlook clients using cached mode for address lookups when the clients are offline.
Configure Offline Address Book Exchange 2013
1- Log within the Exchange admin center > click servers > click databases > Highlight your mailbox database and click on the edit.
2- Select client settings and then click browse.
3- Select Default Offline Address Book and then click on ok.
4- Now you can see the Default Offline Address Book selected as the Offline address book for the mailbox database. so click save.
5- The way to create new Offline Address Book and assign to the database in Exchange 2013 This example creates an OAB named OAB NEW that contains the default global address list. Open Exchange PowerShell console and sort the subsequent 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 then click Edit.
7- Left side select client settings and click Browse.
8- Select the OAB to assign to the mailbox database and click ok.
In this guide, I will am going to Create Security groups in Exchange Server 2013,
Security Group Exchange 2013
1- Log on to Exchange Admin Center (EAC) and select recipients and select the group’s tab and then click the “+” Add button and click the Security group.
2- Type display name and alias of the group name. under the Organization now click the browse button.
3- Select the particular OU. Here, I have selected ITSupport OU. The security group will create in the ITSupport OU and then click ok.
4- Under Members option so click the “+” icon.
5- Select user you want to add in the Security group > click add and click ok.
6- Select the owner’s approval to require then click on save.
In this post, I will create a dynamic distribution group in Exchange 2013, Named Accounts for Accounts users. So when somebody sends an email to [email protected] the email will be sent to all the members of the Accounts group.
Dynamic Distribution Group Exchange 2013
1- Log on to Exchange Admin Center (EAC) > Click recipients in the features pane > Select groups tab > Click “+” Add and then click dynamic distribution group.
2- Type a name in the Display name field and alias and then under the Organization unit click the browse button.
3- Select the particular OU > select Accounts OU > the dynamic distribution group will create in the Accounts OU. If you don’t specify the OU, the dynamic distribution group is going to create in Users OU by default.
4- Under the Owner, option click the browse button.
5- Choose the user that will the owner of this group.
6- Under Members > choose all recipient types or any other from the list as shown below. Click add a rule, from the drop-down list choose recipient container and select Accounts OU from the list. Click OK and then click Save. So all users in this OU will become a member of this dynamic distribution group.
7- As you can see below the distribution group created with [email protected] email address.
In this blog, I will create a distribution group in exchange 2013, named ITSupport for ITSupport users. So when somebody sends an email to [email protected] the email will be sent to all the members of the ITSupport group.
Create Distribution Group Exchange 2013
1- go online to Exchange Admin Center (EAC) > click recipients > select groups > click “+” Add button and then click on a distribution group.
2- Type a display name and alias of the group name > under the Organization unit, then click the browse button.
3- Select the particular OU. Here, I have selected ITSupport OU. The distribution group will create in the ITSupport OU click ok.
4- Under Members click “+” icon.
5- Select user you want to add in the distribution group > click add and then click on ok.
6- I have selected closed, which means members can be added only by group owners. Similar, there are two options for users leaving the group, Open or Closed. Here, I have selected Open which allows any group member to go away the group without a gaggle owners’ approval. and then click on save.
7- As you can see below the distribution group created with [email protected] email address. By default, only users inside the organization can send emails to the distribution group.
8- Select the Distribution group and click edit > select Delivery Management options. Choose senders inside and outside my organization and then click on Save.
9- Now I want to test the Distribution group. Login Outlook Web App > select new mail > type Distribution group name (ITSupport) > type subject and then click send.
10- Now I received an email.
Use Exchange PowerShell to make a distribution group This example creates a distribution group with an alias ITSupport and therefore the name ITSupport. The distribution group is made within the default OU, and anyone can join this group without approval by the group owners. New-DistributionGroup -Name “ITSupport” -Alias ITSupport -MemberJoinRestriction open
Configure URL Redirection in Exchange 2013, Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and Redirect 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 URL, mail.xpertstec.com to https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
Configure URL Redirection in Exchange 2013
1- Open IIS manager in your Exchange server > click Default Web Site and double-click SSL Settings in features view.
2- Uncheck the Require SSL and click Apply button under the action menu.
3- In the IIS manager > click Exchange Back End and double-click SSL Settings in features view.
4- Uncheck the Require SSL and click Apply button under the action menu.
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. Now we need to configure redirection for requests that come into Default Web Site to OWA virtual directory. 5- In the IIS manager,> select Default Web Site > Double-click HTTP Redirect feature in features view.
6- Select the option Redirect requests to this destination > Type full path of the URL https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. In the Redirect Behavior option > check the option – Only redirect requests to content in this directory (not subdirectories) > Under status code > choose Found (302) and then click Apply to save the settings.
Exchange Back End
7- Repeat the same steps for Exchange Back End. In the IIS manager > select Exchange Back End > Double click HTTP Redirect feature in features view.
8- Select the option Redirect requests to this destination > Type full path of the URL https://mail.xpertstec.com/owa. In the Redirect Behavior option > check the option – Only redirect requests to content in this directory (not subdirectories) > under status code > choose Found (302) and then click Apply to save the settings.
9- Now remove the HTTP redirect option from subfolders of both Default Web Sites and Exchange Back End. 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 then 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 then click Apply.
Configure ECP Sub Folder
We need to allow SSL connection to this virtualdirectoryso 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 > then double click SSL Settings from the features pane.
12- Select the Require SSL option and then click Apply to save the settings.
13- Under Exchange Back End > select ecp virtual directory > then double click SSL Settings from the features view.
14- Select Require SSL option > then click Apply to save the settings. Now you can use https://mail.xpertstec.com/ecp URL to successfully log into the EAC console.
15- Now restart the IIS server by typing iisreset /noforce on 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.
To set up Outlook Web App to access Exchange Server 2013 (send and receive emails). You access your Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox using any web browser
Outlook Web App Configuration Exchange 2013
1- Open a web browser such as Internet Explorer, type the server mail web address in the address bar, and then hit Enter. If you receive the subsequent certificate warning page, click still on this website (not recommended).
2- On the sign-in page, type your user name, password and click Sign in.
3- Select the language > select time zone and click Save.
4- Click new mail.
5- Type email address > type subject, text and then click on Send button.
4- How to rename Exchange 2013 Data-base from Exchange Management Shell Renaming Exchange 2013 data-base is to use Exchange Management Shell. Run Exchange Management Shell as Administrator
Create User Mailbox Exchange 2013, Creating a new mailbox for the existing active directory user, various mail attributes are added to the user’s object in Active Directory. If you delete a mailbox from the Exchange server, the user associates with the mailbox is also delete from the active directory.
1- Open the Exchange Admin center > select recipient > click mailboxes > click add and then select user mailbox option.
2- Select an Existing user and then click browse. (This means, the mailbox will be created for the user account which is already in active directory. If you want to create a mailbox for the user account that is not in the active directory then, choose a new user and start filling all the boxes. We are creating a user account in active directory)
3- Select the user for whom you want to create a mailbox, then click ok.
Send Connector Exchange 2013, By default once you install Exchange 2013 it doesn’t have a send connector, only receive connectors. To be ready to send outbound emails to other domains you would like a send connector.
Send Connector Exchange 2013
1- Login into Exchange admin center > click mail flow > click send connectors to click the + icon to feature a replacement send connector.
2- Type a name for the connector and select the Internet as the Type and click next.
3- Leave the default options on the network settings page and click next.
4- Under Address space click the + icon
5- In the Full Qualified Domain Name dialogue box type * and click save.
6- Create a new send connector, so click next.
7- Under the Source server then click the + icon.
8- Highlight your Exchange server, click the add button and then then click ok.
9- Click finish.
10- Now you can see a new Default Internet Connector created under send connectors. One final configuration change we need to make is to add the FQDN for the connector. Highlight the connector and then click the edit icon.
11- From the left side menu click scoping, scroll to the bottom, enter the FQDN for your mail server and then save.
