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Exchange® Policy

Installing Exchange®

In order to install an Exchange® server, a units must send a request to . Upon approval, the organization will receive a delegated Exchange® Administration group, an Exchange® Administration account, and the domain point of contact will be added to the Exchange® users group. This group has the necessary privileges to set mailboxes for users, but does not have privileges to administer the Exchange® server. The Exchange® Administrative account will have the permissions to administer the Exchange® server but not to change permissions on the Exchange® server. This will limit administrators to only their respective administrative groups and will not permit access to other organizations' Exchange® servers.

Policy on Creating and Moving Exchange® Mailboxes

Mailboxes will be available on a first come, first served basis. The first organization to assign a user a mailbox on their respective Exchange® server assumes complete responsibility for the client. The Exchange® Administrator who creates the account implies their agreement to handle all support dealing with a client’s mailbox as well. A unique client account may only have one mailbox located on one Exchange® server in the Forest. This means that mailboxes cannot be moved or deleted by the administrators without some coordination and communication across the Forest groups. In order to move a mailbox, the administrator losing the client, the administrator requesting the client, and the client must send a request to .

Exchange® Server Maintenance

An organization is responsible for proper maintenance of their respective Exchange® server, including backups, patching, a disaster recovery plan, and support for the client mailboxes.

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