Sync AD and Exchange Users

Question

I'm trying to setup Exchange so that it will create mailboxes for each AD user, when I go into Exchange and tell it to create a mailbox it removes the user account from AD and I can no longer manage it except from Exchange (almost like a convert). Should I just create two different accounts? Or what would be the correct path for me to go down. Thanks,

Answer 1

In ADUC, search for the username - is it possible another admin has scripted things such that creating a mailbox for a user causes it to be moved to a different OU?

What version of Exchange and at what functional level is your AD? What is the process or command you're using to create mailboxes?

To answer your question of how it should work, you have two options:

• Create a mailbox, follow the prompts that specify the creation of a new user (AD) account to associate with the mailbox. (If you're using Exchange 2007, you can also do this via command prompt, er - Exchange Management Shell) Apologies if this method doesn't work in Ex2003, it's already been too long, apparently.

• Create a user (normally, through ADUC), then in Exchange management (System Manager for 2003; Management Console in 2007) create a mailbox and attach it to the pre-created username.

With the version info, we can hopefully help you narrow it down.