Allocating Exchange resources for a mailbox by using XML

Use the AllocateMailbox procedure of the Exchange Resource Manager namespace to allocate storage for a mailbox. This storage is allocated from the pool that is owned by the owning organization.

This procedure expects to be called with impersonate="1". The procedure impersonates the caller.

Example of a request that calls the AllocateMailbox procedure

<request>
 <procedure>
   <execute namespace="Exchange Resource Manager" procedure="AllocateMailbox">
	 <executeData>
	 <organization>LDAP://ou=ExchOrg1,dc=contoso,dc=com</organization>
	 <mailbox>LDAP://cn=ExchUser1,ou=ExchOrg1,dc=contoso,dc=com</mailbox>
	 <kilobytes>10000</kilobytes>
	 </executeData>
	 <after source="executeData" destination="data" mode="merge" />
   </execute>
 </procedure>
</request>

Input for AllocateMailbox

The following input is valid for this request:

LDAP path of the owning organization.
In the <organization> element, enter the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the organization that owns the mailbox.
```
<organization>LDAP://LDAP path of the owning organization</organization>
```
LDAP path of the mailbox.
In the <mailbox> element, enter the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the mailbox.
```
<mailbox>LDAP://LDAP path of the mail-enabled object associated with the mailbox</mailbox>
```
Size of the mailbox.
In the <megabytes> element, enter the size of the mailbox (in megabytes) to be added to the pool of resources.
```
<megabytes>10000</megabytes>
```

Typical response for AllocateMailbox

This procedure returns the name of the server hosting the mail store and the name of the mail store.

<response>
 <data>
   <organization>LDAP://ou=ExchOrg1,dc=contoso,dc=com</organization>
   <mailbox>LDAP://cn=ExchUser1,ou=ExchOrg1,dc=contoso,dc=com</mailbox>
   <kilobytes>10</kilobytes>
   <mailStore>
	 <serverName>CONTOSO1</serverName>
	 <mailStoreName>Mailbox Store (CONTOSO1)</mailStoreName>
   </mailStore>
 </data>
</response>

Important

Although Active Directory is not case sensitive for elements such as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path, XML is case sensitive. To ensure that the procedure executes appropriately, specify all tags, elements, and data using uppercase and lowercase letters exactly as shown in the XML examples. For additional guidelines on how to use XML, see the Microsoft Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/).