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Setting Up the Environment for SharePoint Site Mailboxes
Who is this article for?OnePlace Administrators.
Administration access is required.
This guide offers step-by-step instructions for configuring site mailboxes on-premises. If you are utilising Office 365, kindly proceed to the "Provisioning of a Site Mailbox" article, as the necessary Exchange and SharePoint prerequisite configurations outlined in this guide are pre-set in Office 365 environments. Designed for both SharePoint and Exchange administrators, this article covers a comprehensive configuration process involving both environments.
- Setting Up the Environment for SharePoint Site Mailboxes
- User Profile Synchronisation
- Necessary Accounts and Installation Type
1. Setting Up the Environment for SharePoint Site Mailboxes
In addition to the original Microsoft Article this article provides detailed steps regarding creating self-signed certificates and establishing trust relationships between SharePoint and Exchange with these certificates.
1.1 Useful References and Resources
- Configure site mailboxes in SharePoint Server 2013 (TechNet Article)
- Whitepaper: SharePoint 2013 Site Mailboxes: Overcome the limitations
1.2 System Prerequisites
- Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (installed in a farm configuration)
- A full installation of SQL Server (not the Express edition)
- Microsoft Exchange 2013
To skip this prerequisite section: ‘Preparing your environment for SharePoint Site Mailboxes’ and start evaluating Site Mailboxes immediately:
- Start an Office 365 Trial or use SharePoint 2013 Preview (if prior to March 2013)
- Refer to the article ‘Provisioning a Site Mailbox in SharePoint 2013’
2. User Profile Synchronisation
Site Mailboxes requires user profile synchronisation to be configured in the SharePoint farm. Please visit the Microsoft Article for more information.
3. Necessary Accounts and Installation Type
To configure profile synchronisation, you will:
- Need to know the SharePoint farm administrator account and the farm administrator account's password
- Need a synchronization account for each directory service that you will synchronise with.
If an account does not have the appropriate permissions, you might not know that the permissions are wrong until you have progressed part of the way through the configuration procedure.
You must have a full installation of SQL Server, not the Express edition. Profile synchronisation will not work if you have installed SharePoint Server 2013 on a single server with a built-in database.
Tip: Ready to move onto the next stage of setting up the environment for SharePoint Site Mailboxes? See Creating a User Profile Service Application – OnePlace (ideagen.com) for more information.