How to: Create Exchange Mailboxes

This example shows how to provision a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 mailbox object in Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service (FIM Synchronization Service).

Attribute Inclusion List

You must select the following attributes from the Select Attributes property page for your Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) management agent to provision an Exchange mailbox:

• mailNickname

• homeMDB

• msExchMailboxSecurityDescriptor

The following examples show how to provision an Exchange mailbox. You must add a reference to logging.dll to use the LogException method.

Public Sub Provision(ByVal mventry As MVEntry) _
    Implements IMVSynchronization.Provision

    Dim adMA As ConnectedMA
    Dim csentry As CSEntry
    Dim nickName, mailboxMDB As String
    Dim dn as ReferenceValue

    try
        adMA = mventry.ConnectedMAs("Fabrikam AD MA")

        nickName   = mventry("mailNickname").Value
        mailboxMDB = mventry("homeMDB").Value

        ' Construct the distinguished name.
        dn = adMA.EscapeDNComponent("CN=" + mventry("cn").Value).Concat("ou=mailboxes,dc=fabrikam,dc=com")

        If 0 = adMA.Connectors.Count then
            csentry = ExchangeUtils.CreateMailbox(adMA, dn, nickName, mailboxMDB)
        End If

        ' Log and rethrow any exception.
        Catch ex As Exception
            Logging.Logging.LogException(ex, "Provision", "Caught exception", False)
            Throw
    End Try
End Sub

void IMVSynchronization.Provision (MVEntry mventry)
{
    ConnectedMA adMA;
    CSEntry csentry;
    String nickName, mailboxMDB;
    ReferenceValue dn;

    try
    {
        adMA = mventry.ConnectedMAs["Fabrikam AD MA"];

        nickName   = mventry["mailNickname"].Value;
        mailboxMDB = mventry["homeMDB"].Value;

        // Construct the distinguished name.
        dn = adMA.EscapeDNComponent("CN=" + mventry["cn"].Value).Concat("ou=mailboxes,dc=fabrikam,dc=com");

        if(0 == adMA.Connectors.Count)
        {
            csentry = ExchangeUtils.CreateMailbox(adMA, dn, nickName, mailboxMDB);
        }
    }

    // Log and rethrow any exception.
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        Logging.Logging.LogException(ex, "Provision", "Caught exception", false);
        throw;
    }
}

See Also

Reference

CreateMailbox

Concepts

Microsoft Exchange Connected Data Sources