

The primary hierarchy public folder mailbox has the value Primary Hierarchy for the Contains property. In the EAC, go to Public folders > Public folder mailboxes and verify the public folder mailbox is listed. To verify that you've successfully created the a public folder mailbox, do any of these steps: New-Mailbox -PublicFolder -Name Istanbulįor detailed syntax and parameter information, see New-Mailbox. This example creates a secondary hierarchy public folder mailbox named Istanbul, because this isn't the first public folder mailbox in the organization (the value of the Name parameter doesn't determine whether the mailbox is a secondary hierarchy public folder mailbox). New-Mailbox -PublicFolder -Name "Master Hierarchy" This example creates the primary hierarchy public folder mailbox named Master Hierarchy, because this is the first public folder mailbox in the organization (the value of the Name parameter doesn't determine whether the mailbox is the primary hierarchy public folder mailbox). To create a public folder mailbox, use the following syntax: New-Mailbox -PublicFolder -Name Use the Exchange Management Shell to create a public folder mailbox Mailbox database: Click Browse to select the mailbox database where the mailbox is created. Organizational unit: Click Browse to select the location in Active Directory where the mailbox object is created. Name: Enter the name for the public folder mailbox. In the New public folder mailbox page that opens, enter the following information: In the EAC, go to Public folders > Public folder mailboxes, and then click Add. Use the EAC to create a public folder mailbox Visit the forums at: Exchange Server, Exchange Online, or Exchange Online Protection. Having problems? Ask for help in the Exchange forums. To see what permissions you need, see the "Public folders" entry in the Sharing and collaboration permissions topic.įor information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the procedures in this topic, see Keyboard shortcuts in the Exchange admin center.

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To learn how to open the Exchange Management Shell in your on-premises Exchange organization, see Open the Exchange Management Shell. To move your public folder mailboxes from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 or Exchange 2019, see Migrate public folders from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016 or Exchange 2019.įor more information about the Exchange admin center, see Exchange admin center in Exchange Server. To migrate existing Public Folder data, create new Public Folder mailbox using -HoldForMigration switch.īefore you can create public folders in Exchange Server 2016 or later, you need to migrate your Exchange 2010 public folders by following the steps in Use batch migration to migrate public folders from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016. If you try to create a public folder mailbox when you still have legacy public folders, you'll receive the error An existing Public Folder deployment has been detected. Public folders on Exchange 2010 servers can't exist in the same organization with Exchange 2016 or later public folders.

What do you need to know before you begin?Įstimated time to complete: less than 5 minutes. For more information about the storage quotas and limits for public folders in on-premises Exchange, see Limits for public folders.įor additional management tasks related to public folders in Exchange Server, see Public folder procedures.
