• The existing Exchange recipient is enabled for Unified Messaging. For detailed steps, see Enable a User for Unified Messaging.
  
  
• A UM dial plan has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM Dial Plan.
  
  
• A UM mailbox policy has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM Mailbox Policy.
  
  
• The UM-enabled user is enabled for faxing. For detailed steps, see Enable a UM-Enabled User to Receive Faxes.
  
  

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "UM mailboxes" entry in the Unified Messaging Permissions topic.

1. In the console tree, navigate to Recipient Configuration > Mailbox.
   
   
2. In the result pane, select the UM-enabled user's mailbox that you want to modify.
   
   
3. In the action pane, click Properties.
   
   
4. On the Mailbox Features tab, click Unified Messaging, and then click Properties.
   
   
5. On the Unified Messaging Properties page, clear the check box next to Allow the user to receive faxes.
   
   
6. Click OK to save your changes.
   
   

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "UM mailboxes" entry in the Unified Messaging Permissions topic.

This example prevents a UM-enabled user named Tony from receiving fax messages in his mailbox.

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Set-UMMailbox -Identity tony@contoso.com -FaxEnabled $false

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-UMMailbox.

After you prevent UM-enabled users from receiving faxes, you may also want to:

• Prevent UM-Enabled Users from Receiving Faxes on a UM Dial Plan.
  
  
• Add an Extension Number for a UM-Enabled User