Configuring a Microsoft Exchange 2003
messaging environment
Create a Windows account that has a Microsoft
Exchange 2003 mailbox
You must create a Windows account that has a Microsoft Exchange 2003 mailbox so that the Windows account can
authenticate with the Microsoft Exchange messaging server.
1. On any computer in the Windows domain, on the taskbar, click Start > Programs > Microsoft Exchange > Active
Directory Users and Computers.
2. Create an account that has the following attributes:
•Name: BESAdmin
•Group membership: Domain User
3. Create a Microsoft Exchange mailbox for the account.
4. To activate the new mailbox, send a test email message.
After you finish:
If you cannot see the Windows account in the Microsoft Active Directory to verify that you created it, log in to a computer
using the Windows account.
For more information about the Send As permission and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, visit www.blackberry.com to
read KB04707.
For more information about assigning the Send As permission to multiple user accounts, visit www.support.microsoft.com
to read article 912918.
Configure Microsoft Exchange 2003 permissions for
the Windows account
On each Microsoft Exchange 2003 server that hosts BlackBerry device users, you must configure Microsoft Exchange
permissions for the Windows account (for example, BESAdmin) that you want to use to install the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server components.
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