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1. Verify that the user account under which you run the Exchange Mailbox Merge program has the Receive As and Send As security permissions set to Allow for the Mailbox Store. To do this, follow these steps:

1. 1. Start Exchange System Manager. To do this, click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
   2. Expand Servers, expand the server that you want, expand the storage group that you want (for example, expand First Storage Group), and then expand Mailbox Store.
   3. Right-click Mailbox Store, and then click Properties.
   4. Click the Security tab, and then click the user account whose permissions you want to verify.
   5. In the Permissions list, click to select the Receive As check box in the Allow column, click to select the Send As check box in the Allow column, and then click OK.
   6. If the user account is a member of a group (domain administrators or enterprise administrators), this group must also have send as and receive as rights to the mailbox store.
2. Verify that the user account under which you run the Exchange Mailbox Merge program has delegation authority at the Organization level in Exchange System Manager. To do this, follow these steps:

.         In Exchange System Manager, right-click the organization (for example, right-click First Organization (Exchange)), and then click Delegate control. The Exchange Administration Delegation Wizard starts.

1. 1. Click Next.
   2. If the user account under which you run the Exchange Mailbox Merge program is not listed in the Users and groups box, and if it does not have the role of Exchange Full Administrator, click Next, add this user account with the role of Exchange Full Administrator, and then click OK.
   3. Click Next, and then click Finish.
2. Quit Exchange System Manager.
3. Restart the Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) Admin Service. To do this, follow these steps.NOTE: This restarts the Exchange Information Store service.

.         Click Start, click Run, type services.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.

1. 1. In the Name list, right-click IIS Admin Service, and then click Restart.
   2. Click Yes to confirm the restarting of the services.
   3. Quit the Services snap-in.

• Open a Web browser. In the Address bar, type:
  http://< servername >/exchange

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https://< servername >/exchange

You can open public folders from the Outlook Navigation Bar, or you can go directly to the server location.

To go directly to the public folders on a server:

In your Web browser Address bar, type:
http://< servername >/public

A distribution list can be used to send e-mail messages to multiple people at once by sending mail to a single e-mail address.

To create a distribution list:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. In the details pane, double-click the domain name (such as contoso.com).
3. Right-click Users, point to New, and then click Group.
4. Enter an account name for the group.
   This is the name of the account that users can use to send mail to the members of this group, such as myteam.
5. Under Group Type, select Distribution, and then click Next.
6. Check Create an Exchange e-mail address, and then click Next.
7. Click Finish.
8. Double-click the name of the distribution list you just created.
9. On the Members tab, click Add, and enter the names of the users you want to become distribution list members.
10. When you have completed adding names to your distribution list, click OK to close all open dialog boxes.

After the group has been created, you can send e-mail messages to the distribution list and all of the members will receive the message.

To back up Exchange Server databases:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup.
2. If you are using the wizard, select the option to Back up selected files, drives, or network data. If you are not using the wizard, click the Backup page.
3. Navigate to the Microsoft Exchange Server node.
4. Expand the Microsoft Exchange Server node to list the Exchange servers available for backup.
5. Expand the entry for the server you wish to back up.
6. Check Microsoft Information Store.
   This backs up all of the mailbox and public folder data on the Exchange server.You do not have to select individual database files. You do not even have to know the file locations. Exchange Server online backup automatically finds the correct files. When you restore a backup, Exchange Server automatically restores files to their correct locations, even if locations have been changed since the backup was taken.
   Under Backup media or file name, click Browse, and select a location to store your backup.
7. Click Start Backup, and then click Start Backup again.

We can configure all of your servers running Microsoft Exchange Server to accept mail for a domain by adding that domain to your default recipient policy.

To add a domain to your default recipient policy:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
2. In the details pane, double-click the top-level node.
   This is the name of your Exchange Server organization, which might be named something like First Organization (Exchange Server).
3. Double-click Recipients, and then click Recipient Policies.
4. On the opposite side of Exchange System Manager, double-click Default Policy.
5. On the E-Mail Addresses (Policy) tab, click New.
6. Choose SMTP Address and then click OK.
7. In the Address box, enter the domain name (such as @offsitenoc.com). The domain should be prefaced with a @ symbol. Ensure that the This Exchange Organization is responsible for all mail delivery to this address check box is selected.
8. Click OK.
9. Select the check box next to the new SMTP domain name, and then click OK.
10. When prompted for your user’s e-mail addresses from this domain, click Yes.

Updating e-mail addresses can take a while to complete. When completed, you can send mail to users at the domain you specified and have it delivered to their mailboxes.