How to create Recipients

How to create Recipients

Users in Windows and Exchange are tightly integrated. Therefore, with Active Directory installed, user cannot add users in Computer Management. Therefore adding new Exchange users cannot be done.

Step 1

In order to add users, go to Start and select Programs ,then choose Administrative Tools .After that click on Active Directory and Computers.

Step 2

A new window will popup and then click expand the user folder, right click on it and select New and choose User



Step 3

Then right click on the User folder and choose User



Step 4

Then a new window will appear. Here we will call our user Will Smith.



Step 5

From here enter the password and click on Next to continue.



Then exchange will appear prompting user whether a new recipient should be created in exchange.



Step 6

Click on Next to continue.



Step 7

Click on Finish to create the user.

Note if you are creating user through command line like the one shown below, exchange will not be automatically configure for that particular users

Creating user from the command prompt

NET USER Eric * /add

It’s syntax is shown below :

NET USER [username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]