Summary
Starting in Cumulative Update 21 for Exchange Server 2013 and Cumulative Update 10 for Exchange Server 2016 in an on-premises Exchange Server environment, you can directly create or modify a remote shared mailbox by using the new parameter -shared with the following cmdlets:
-
Enable-RemoteMailbox: [-Identity user] [-Shared] [-RemoteRoutingAddress user@domain]
-
New-RemoteMailbox: [-Shared] [-Name remoteMailboxName]
-
Set-RemoteMailbox: [-Name user] [-Type Shared]
More information
Exchange Server 2016
To enable the parameter -shared so that it will work, make sure that you prepare Active Directory by running the following command:
<path_to_Exchange2016CU10_or_LaterBuild>\setup.exe /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:”first_organization_name” /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
And install the same build of Cumulative Update 10 for Exchange Server 2016 or a later cumulative update for Exchange Server 2016.
Exchange Server 2013
To enable the new parameter -shared so that it will work, make sure that you prepare Active Directory by running the following command:
<path_to_Exchange2013CU21_or_LaterBuild>\setup.exe /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:”first_organization_name” /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
And install the same build of Cumulative Update 21 for Exchange Server 2013 or a later cumulative update for Exchange Server 2013.
References
Learn about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.
