Microsoft Exchange Connected Data Sources

Provisioning objects for Microsoft Exchange includes creating mailboxes, distribution lists, and mail-enabled entities such as contacts and users. Because provisioning from Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service (FIM Synchronization Service) includes a number of basic steps, see Provisioning Objects in the Connector Space for an overview of provisioning.

Provisioning Exchange Objects Examples

This section provides the following examples, which show how to provision various Microsoft Exchange objects:

• How to: Create Exchange Mailboxes shows how to create a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 mailbox.

• How to: Create Exchange Mailboxes with Limits shows how to create a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 mailbox with specific limits on the mailbox.

• How to: Create Exchange Resource Mailboxes shows how to create a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 resource mailbox.

• How to: Create Exchange Resource Mailboxes with Limits shows how to create a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 resource mailbox with specific limits on the mailbox.

• How to: Create Mail-Enabled Contacts shows how to create a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 mail-enabled contact.

• How to: Create Mail-Enabled Users shows how to create a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 mail-enabled user.

• How to: Create Exchange Distribution Lists shows how to create a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 distribution list.

Attribute Inclusion List

For the provisioning examples to work, you must select a number of attributes from the Select Attributes property page in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) or Exchange Management Agent. These attributes are listed at the beginning of each example.

Framework

Because many of the steps for provisioning an Exchange object are the same, the following examples show the framework, in Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C#, around which the example tasks are built.

The following example shows how to use a rules extension to provision an Exchange object. Note the comment "Set any other required attributes." This is where you set the attributes that are required by the example tasks.

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

        ' Set any other required attributes.
        ' ...

        ' 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

        ' Handle any exceptions.
        Catch ex As Exception
            '...
    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;

        // Set any other required attributes.
        // ...

        // 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, ...);
        }
    }

    // Handle any exceptions.
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        //...
    }
}

See Also

Concepts

Provisioning Objects in the Connector Space
Deprovisioning Objects in the Connector Space