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New-Mailbox

Use the New-Mailbox commandlet to create a new mailbox in Directory. Most mailbox properties can be directly added by using the parameters of this commandlet.

Syntax​

New-MailBox
-MailBoxStore <string>
-Alias <string>
-Name <string>
-OrganizationalUnit <string>
-SAMAccountName <string>
-Password <string>
-FirstName <string>
-LastName <string>
-DisplayName <string>
[-UPNSuffix <string>]
[-Title <string>]
[-City <string>]
[-State <string>]
[-Zip <string>]
[-Country <string>]
[-Initials <string>]
[-Address <string>]
[-Office <string>]
[-Business <string>]
[-Business2 <string>]
[-EmailAddress <string>]
[-Department <string>]
[-Company <string>]
[-Mobile <string>]
[-Home <string>]
[-AccountDisabled <string>]
[-PasswordNeverExpires <string>]
[-PasswordForceChange <string>]
[-Manager <string[]>]
[-HomePage <string>]
[-Assistant <string>]
[-Notes <string>]
[-MailEnabled <string>]
[-IdentityStoreId <int>]
[-SecurityToken <CustomClaimsPrincipal>]
[-Credential <pscredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]

Required Parameters​

  • MailBoxStore
  • Alias
  • Name
  • OrganizationalUnit
  • SAMAccountName
  • Password
  • FirstName
  • LastName
  • DisplayName

Example:

The following command creates a new mailbox in the container specified by the OrganizationalUnit parameter of specified mailbox store. The command also specifies the logon name, password, first name, last name and display name of the new mailbox.

New-MailBox -MailBoxStore "OsamaMailBoxDb120435" -Name "OsamaMailBox" -OrganizationalUnit "OU=osamamu,DC=naveed,DC=local" -SAMAccountName "OsamaMailBoxUser" -Password "password123" -FirstName "OsamaMailBox" -LastName "MailBoxuser" -DisplayName "OsamaMailBox" -Alias "OsamaMailBox