If you did not select a service plan that includes Exchange
when you created the organization, follow this procedure.
Otherwise, skip to "Step 2. Set up mailboxes for user
accounts."
On the Delegated Administration Console menu bar, click
Manage Organization.
If you are already in the organization for which you want to
enable Exchange services, skip this step. If the organization for
which you want to enable Exchange services appears in the
Organization Name list, click its name. Otherwise, on the
navigation bar, click the navigation button , and then in the
list, click the organization you want.
In the left navigation pane, click Manage Services, and
then in the Service Category list, click Exchange
Services.
In Mailstore allocation (MB), specify the disk space to
allocate for the organization's mailbox store.
Select the Shared option if the organization's mailboxes
will be stored on a shared mailbox store or select Dedicated
if they will be stored on a dedicated mailbox store, and then click
Enable.
On the Delegated Administration Console menu bar, click
Manage Organization.
If you are already in the organization for which you want to
enable Exchange services, skip this step. If the organization for
which you want to configure mailboxes appears in the
Organization Name list, click its name. Otherwise, on the
navigation bar, click the navigation button , and then in the
list, click the organization you want.
In the left navigation pane, click Users.
In the User Name list, click the user account for which
you want to configure a mailbox.
In the left navigation pane, click Exchange
Services.
Email Address displays the e-mail address for the user
account. You cannot edit the e-mail address.
In Mailbox size, type the maximum size allowed for the
mailbox in kilobytes, and then click Create.
Repeat this procedure for each mailbox you want to create.
You create e-mail distribution lists by enabling mail for a
group. You can either create a group and then add user accounts to
create a list, or you can enable mail for an existing group. When
you enable mail for a group, messages sent to the group's e-mail
address are delivered to all of the group's members.
On the Delegated Administration Console menu bar, click
Manage Organization.
If you are already in the organization for which you want to
create an e-mail distribution list, skip this step. If the
organization for which you want to create an e-mail distribution
list appears in the Organization Name list, click its name.
Otherwise, on the navigation bar, click the navigation button
, and then in the
list, click the organization in which you want to set up a
distribution list.
In the left navigation pane, click Groups.
Do one of the following:
In the Group Name list, click the group for which you
want to enable e-mail.
If necessary, create the group for which you want to enable
e-mail.
If you want to override the default domain, select the
Override default '@domainname' check box. This setting is
available only to service provider administrators.
When finished, click Save.
In the left navigation pane, click Add a Member.
Type information about a user account you want to add to the
group, as described in the following table, and then click
Next.
Item
Description
First name
Enter the first (given) name configured for the user account.
If you do not know the name, enter an asterisk (*). If you know
part of the name, enter the part you know and use an asterisk to
represent the letters you do not know. To add two or more user
accounts to a group, type an asterisk (*) in this box to display a
list of user accounts in this organization, and leave the remaining
boxes blank.
Last name
(Optional) To find a user account, type the last (family) name
configured for the user account. If you do not know this
information, leave the box blank.
User name
(Optional) To find a user account, enter its logon name.
Otherwise, leave the box blank.
E-mail address
(Optional) To find a user account or group, enter the user
account or group e-mail address. Otherwise, leave the box
blank.
To search for user accounts in the current organizational unit
only, select the Restrict this search to objects in the current
container check box.
In the Search Results list, click the user account you
want to add to the group.
The user account is added to the group, and Update
Complete appears in the upper left section of the
Properties page.
To add another user account from the Search Results
list, click the browser Back button, and click the user
account to add. Repeat as necessary to add additional user accounts
to the group.
In the left navigation pane, click Exchange
Services.
The Email Address displays the group's e-mail address.
You cannot edit the e-mail address.
Click Create.
Notes
To perform the task described in the preceding steps, you must
have one of the roles displayed when you click Who can perform
this task at the top of this page.
For more information about roles, see "Understanding roles and
privileges" in Related Topics. If you are not sure what your role
is, ask your Delegated Administration Console administrator.
Before you can enable Exchange services for an organization or
create mailboxes and distribution lists, you must first register
the appropriate Exchange resources. For instructions, see "Register
Exchange resources" in the installation documentation located in
the root folder on the Microsoft Provisioning System product CD.
For a single computer configuration, see install_single.htm. For a
multi-computer configuration, see install_multi.htm. For complete
Exchange services administration procedures, see Delegated
Administration Console Help.
When you enable Exchange services for an organization, a
registered mailbox store must exist of the type you specify, either
shared or dedicated, and it must have available disk space of at
least the amount you specify.
Each e-mail message sent to a group e-mail address is copied to
each group member.