Exchange tab missing for user accounts created before Exchange service installation ?

Hi,

I am using SBS 2003 R2.

1. I have installed it without the Exchange services in a first time.
2. I have created several user accounts
3. I have installed Exchange Services.
4. I have created other user accounts.

My problem is that only user accounts created after the Exchange
Services installation are populated with the right email address.

For the users created before the exchange installation, the email
address is blank and it seems that I am not able to configure the email
address (Exchange tab missing on the users properties)

Is it possible to activate the email address automatically for those
users ?

Another little question
Is it possible to change the creation of email address using the format
First letter of the name and last name @ domain.com
I prefere instead of

Thank you

 

In Active Directory Users & Computers, r-click the user who does not have
Exchange attributes showing in Properties. Click Exchange Tasks and follow
the wizard to create the mailbox. Look in the Properties, which will now
have the Exchange tabs. The correct address should be automatically
generated. It it's not, click the box to automatically generate addresses
based on recipient policy, at the bottom of the E-mail Addresses tab.

 

In Active Directory Users & Computers, r-click the user who does not have

Thank you, I will try this in few hours.
Do you have an idea about the second question please ?
Thank you

 

You should only change the existing addresses if they are not being used by
any external senders. I would add a default SMTP address for your users
following the steps in this KB. Go into the properties of the default
recipient policy in Exchange System Manager. Add a policy for an SMTP
address in the proper format (see article below to get the format). Set
that as primary.

In the user properties in Active Directory Users and Computers, there's a
check box at the bottom of the e-mail addresses tab to automatically update
addresses based on recipient policy. Anyone who has that box checked, as it
is by default, will automatically get the new policy.

How to customize the SMTP e-mail address generators through recipient
policies
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;285136

 

In Active Directory Users & Computers, r-click the user who does not have

That's perfect, thank you Dave

I have now a little problem with an existing account that still is not
seeing new email users in the global address list.
If I configure a new outlook profile, every users are listed in the GAL
but not with this existing user.

I have tried to manually synchronize the GAL through the Send/Receive
in Outlook but with no success.

Do you know of any method to force the new GAL on existing outlook
profiles ?

Thank you

 

Found ;-)
I dont know if it is the right method but I have renamed my ubrowse.oab
file in C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and then restart my outlook
and it was ok

 

If it worked, that's all that matters. The other way is to go to CP-> Mail
and remove the Outlook Address Book service, then go back in and re-add it.
The negative to that is that you'd lose any existing address book settings
(which you may have anyway).