Provision User In Exchange

Enterprise Edition for Nintex Workflow 2019is required for this feature.

Provisions a mailbox for an Active Directory user account in the specified mailbox container or mailbox database location.

Action Settings

Exchange connector service

Web Service URL

The path to the Nintex Workflow Exchange Connector Service. For example: http://www.mycompany.com/siteECS/EmailProvisioning.asmx

In this example, the mycompany website contains a virtual directory called siteECS, which must be created by the Nintex Workflow Exchange Connector Service installer. EmailProvisioning.asmx is the web service created by the installer.

Username

The IIS account created in the prerequisite section of the Nintex Workflow Exchange Connector Service installation manual.

Note: Click on the padlock icon to select from a list of Credential Workflow Constants, maintained in Site Settings by the system administrator.

Password

The password of the IIS account created in the prerequisite section of the Nintex Workflow Exchange Connector Service installation manual.

Provision details 

Version

Select the version of Microsoft Exchange Server. Supported versions are Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019.

Version: Exchange 2003

Mailbox Container

The LDAP path to the Mailbox container in which the mailbox will be located. E.g. LDAP://mycompany.com/CN=Mailbox Store (SERVERB),CN=First Storage Group,CN=InformationStore,CN=SERVERB,CN=Servers,CN=First Administrative Group,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=MLG,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=mycompany,DC=com

Click on the LDAP Picker button to browse for a Mailbox Container.

User

The sAMAccountName of the account to be created. E.g. jsmith

Version: Exchange 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019

Exchange Database

The Exchange Database in which the mailbox will be located. This can be provided in the following formats:

  • Database name
  • GUID of the database
  • Server name\database name
  • Server name\storage group\database name 

Note: It is recommended to use Workflow Constants to store information about the Exchange Server Database.

User

The identity of the account to be created. This can be provided in the following formats:

  • GUID
  • Distinguished name (DN)
  • Domain\Account
  • User principal name (UPN)

Alias

Enter the alias for the email address of the new exchange user. The alias is the first section of the email address. For Example: The alias of bob.jones@corporation.com would be bob.jones.

Note: If Alias is left blank, Exchange will automatically provide an alias.

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