Course CLD208.

1x Exchange Server 2016

infrastructure
Getting a lab for the lab exercises
The lab exercises in this course require you to log on to the Microsoft Labs Online environment to do the
lab steps in a real Exchange Server 2016 environment. Please follow the instructions in the Student Lab
User Guide on how to access Microsoft virtual hands-on labs from within edX.

Lab: Module 3 Manage Mailboxes in Exchange Server 2016

You have Exchange Server 2016 deployed in a lab environment, and in this exercise you will explore the
Exchange Server 2016 management tools. You will be introduced to the Exchange Admin Center (EAC),
Outlook on the web and Exchange Management Shell.

Explore Exchange Server 2016 Administration Center

Sign into the LON-EX1 server as ADATUM\Administrator with password Pa$$w0rd.
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On LON-EX1, open Internet Explorer.

Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/ecp as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
Create a new mailbox for yourself.
Create a new open distribution group called Adatum News.
Sign out of the EAC.

Manage Exchange Server with Exchange Management Shell

While still signed into LON-EX1
1. On LON-EX1, use Exchange Management Shell to perform the following tasks:
a. List all Exchange cmdlets available to you with get-excommand.
b. Use get-help enable-mailbox to find an example to enable a mailbox for a user.
c. List all of the users from the Adatum.com domain.
d. Enable the mailbox for the user Robert.
e. List all mailboxes in Adatum.com.
f. Set the warning quota to 200 MB, and configure the prohibit send quota to 250 MB for all
mailboxes.

g. Enable mailboxes for all users in the IT organizational unit.

h. Export all mailboxes information to a comma separated values (CSV) file.

If you are stuck and want to know the correct way to execute these steps above, execute the following
commands in the Exchange Management Shell:
Get-excommand
Get-Help Enable-Mailbox Examples
Get-User
Enable-Mailbox Robert
Get-Mailbox
Get-Mailbox | Set-Mailbox IssueWarningQuota 200MB ProhibitSendQuota 250MB
UseDatabaseQuotaDefaults $false
Get-User OrganizationalUnit "IT" | Enable-Mailbox
Get-Mailbox | Export-Csv c:\mailboxes.csv

Explore Outlook on the web

While still signed into LON-EX1
1. On LON-EX1, open Internet Explorer and sign in to Outlook Web App at https://lonex1.adatum.com/owa as Adatum\Aidan with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Send a test email to the administrator.

3. Join the Adatum News group.
4. Create a signature for Aidan Delaney.
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Change the theme for the Outlook on the web interface.

Lab: Module 4 Manage Recipient Objects

This lab will create other recipient objects including resource mailboxes, shared mailboxes and
distribution groups.

Assign Custom Attributes to users in the Exchange Server 2016 Administration Center
Sign into the LON-EX1 server as ADATUM\Administrator with password Pa$$w0rd.
1. On LON-EX1, use Exchange Management Shell to create the necessary items for the lab:
Get-User OrganizationalUnit "IT" | Enable-Mailbox
New-DistributionGroup AllIT OrganizationalUnit "IT"
Get-Mailbox OrganizationalUnit "IT" | Add-DistributionGroupMember AllIT

2. Open Internet Explorer.

3. Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/ecp as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
4. Change Custom attribute 1 for the following users to the value: Dream Team (hint: open the properties
of each mailbox user and click on more
a. April Reagan
b. Holly Dickson
c. Kelly Rollin

Create a Distribution Groups in the Exchange Server 2016

While still signed into LON-EX1
1. On LON-EX1, open Internet Explorer.
2. Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/ecp as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
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In the EAC, create a new distribution group with the following settings:
Display name: ITMgrs
Alias: ITMgrs
Organizational unit: IT
Members: Brad Sutton, Michael Allen
Owner approval is required: Closed
Choose whether the group is open to leave: Closed.
Create another distribution group with the following settings:
Display name: ITupdates
Alias: ITupdates
Organizational unit: IT
Members: none
Owner approval is required: Open
Choose whether the group is open to leave: Open
Create a new dynamic distribution group with the following settings.
Display name: ITIntegration
Alias: ITIntegration
Organizational unit: IT
Owner: Administrator
Recipient container: Adatum.com
Custom attribute 1: Dream Team

Create a Room and Shared mailbox in the Exchange Server 2016

While still signed into LON-EX1
1. On LON-EX1, open Internet Explorer.
2. Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/ecp as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
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Create a room mailbox with the following settings:

Room name: Dream_Room1
Email address: Dream_Room1
Organizational unit: click Browse, click IT, and then click OK
Location: Harrow
Capacity: 20
Mailbox database: MDB01
Delegates: April Reagan
Enable all IT users to book meetings without moderation by running the Set-CalendarProcessing id
Dream_Room1 BookinPolicy AllIT command.
Create a shared mailbox with the following settings:
Display name: IT Helpdesk
Email address: Helpdesk
Full access permission: Holly Dickson
Mailbox database: MDB01

Create a new email address policy in the Exchange Server 2016

While still signed into LON-EX1
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On LON-EX1, in the EAC, create a new accepted domain called TreyResearch using the domain name
TreyResearch.net.
Create a new email address policy named TreyResearch Email that assigns a primary email address in the
form of FirstName.LastName@treyresearch.net to all Research users.

Lab: Module 5 Manage Mailbox Permissions

This lab will assign send as permissions, send on behalf of permissions and full mailbox access
permissions to various users.

Assign Send As permissions

Sign into the LON-EX1 server as ADATUM\Administrator with password Pa$$w0rd.
1. On LON-EX1, use Exchange Management Shell to perform the following tasks:

Get-User OrganizationalUnit "IT" | Enable-Mailbox

Add-ADPermission -Identity "Holly Dickson" -User April -ExtendedRights "Send As"

2. Open Internet Explorer.

3. Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/owa as Adatum\April with the password Pa$$w0rd.
4. Send a new email to Kelly as Holly. (Hint: Use the ellipsis icon () and enable Show from, right click on
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Hollys email address and choose Remove then type in kelly@adatum.com)

Sign out from Outlook on the web.
Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/owa as Adatum\Kelly with the password Pa$$w0rd.
Notice the email message from April to Kelly says it is from Holly.
Sign out from Outlook on the web.

Assign Send on Behalf permissions

While still signed into LON-EX1
1. Go back to the Exchange Management Shell to perform the following tasks:
Set-Mailbox -Identity kelly -GrantSendOnBehalfTo Holly

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Open Internet Explorer.

Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/owa as Adatum\Holly with the password Pa$$w0rd.
Send a new email to April on behalf of Kelly.
Sign out from Outlook on the web.
Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/owa as Adatum\April with the password Pa$$w0rd.
Open the new email and notice the email message from Holly to April says it is from Holly Dickson on
behalf of Kelly Rollin.
Sign out from Outlook on the web.

Assign Full mailbox access permissions without automapping

While still signed into LON-EX1
1. Go back to the Exchange Management Shell to perform the following tasks:
Add-MailboxPermission -Identity April -User Kelly -AccessRights FullAccess -InheritanceType
all -AutoMapping $false

2. Open Internet Explorer.

3. Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/owa as Adatum\Kelly with the password Pa$$w0rd.
4. Open Aprils mailbox. (Hint: Click on the top right profile outline picture (
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choose Open another mailbox)

Sign out from Outlook on the web.

)of Outlook on the web and

Lab: Module 6 Manage Public Folders

This lab will create new public folders and do various public folder management tasks.

Create Public folder mailbox

1. On LON-EX1, use Exchange Management Shell to perform the following tasks:
Get-User OrganizationalUnit "IT" | Enable-Mailbox

2. Open Internet Explorer.

3. Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/ecp as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
4. In the EAC, create a new public folder mailbox named PFMBX1. Create the recipient object in the IT
OU and the mailbox in the MDB01 mailbox database.

Create the public folders

While still signed into LON-EX1
1. In the EAC, create a new public folder named IT.
2. In the IT public folder, create a sub-folder named Updates.

Configure public folder permissions

While still signed into LON-EX1
1. In the EAC, assign Administrator as the owner of the IT public folder and all subfolders.
2. Assign the Aidan Delaney author permission to the public folders.

Lab: Module 7 Configure Audit Logging

This lab will configure auditing and that auditing is enabled.

Configure audit logging on a mailbox

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On LON-EX1, open Exchange Management Shell.

In the Exchange Management Shell, run the following cmdlet:
Get-User OrganizationalUnit "IT" | Enable-Mailbox
Set-Mailbox -Identity Kelly -AuditDelegate SendAs,SendOnBehalf -AuditEnabled $true
Set-Mailbox -Identity Kelly -GrantSendOnBehalfTo Holly

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Open Internet Explorer.

Sign in to https://LON-EX1.adatum.com/owa as Adatum\Holly with the password Pa$$w0rd.
Send a new email to April on behalf of Kelly with Subject Audit test.
Verify that the message is sent.
Close Internet Explorer

Verify that the activity is logged

While still signed into LON-EX1
1. On LON-EX1, open Internet Explorer.
2. Sign in to https://lon-ex1.adatum.com/ecp as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
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In compliance management, in auditing, Run a non-owner mailbox access report:

a. Search for access by: All non-owners
In the search results, view the report that shows that Kellys mailbox was accessed by Holly.

End of lab