Setting Up a Backup Agent Service Account › Set Up Your Backup Agent Service Account › Create a Domain User with a Mailbox for Exchange Server 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016

Create a Domain User with a Mailbox for Exchange Server 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016

Follow these steps:

1. From the Windows Start menu on your Exchange server system, select Programs, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Exchange Management Console.

   The Exchange Management Console opens.

2. Expand the Recipient Configuration object, select and right-click the Mailbox object.

   From the pop-up menu, select New Mailbox.

   The New Mailbox - Introduction dialog opens.

3. From the section Choose mailbox type, select the User Mailbox option and click Next.

   The New Mailbox - User Type dialog opens.

4. From the section New user, select New user and click Next.

   The New Mailbox - User Information dialog opens.

5. Complete the following fields:

   

   In the First name field, enter a name for your backup agent service account, enter a User logon name and password, and then click Next.

   The New Mailbox - Mailbox Settings dialog opens.

6. Complete the following fields:

   

   Select a Storage Group and a Database for the mailbox, and then click Next.

   The New Mailbox - Configuration Summary dialog opens.

7. Verify the configuration summary and click the Back button if you need to make changes.
8. To complete the configuration, click New and then click Finish.

   You have successfully created a domain user with a mailbox on an Exchange Server 2007, 2010, 2013, or 2016 system.

Note: After you finish creating your backup agent service account and mailbox, you should log into this account using Outlook or by sending an email to the account to verify that the mailbox functions properly.