Applies to: Exchange Server 2013
Topic Last Modified: 2012-10-16
A mobile device mailbox policy allows you to apply a common set of security and mobile device settings to a group of users. You can create multiple mobile device mailbox policies.
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When you install Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, a default mobile device mailbox policy is created and all users are automatically assigned this policy. |
For additional management tasks related to mobile device mailbox policies, see Mobile Device Mailbox Policies.
What do you need to know before you begin?
- Estimated time to complete each procedure: 5 minutes.
- You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this
procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the
"Mobile Device mailbox policy" entry in the Clients and Mobile
Devices Permissions topic.
- You must have one mobile device mailbox policy available in the
EAC in Mobile > Mobile Device Mailbox
Policies.
- For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the
procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in
the Exchange Admin Center.
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Having problems? Ask for help in the Exchange forums. Visit the forums at: Exchange Server, Exchange Online, or Exchange Online Protection. |
What do you want to do?
Change a user’s mobile device mailbox policy
You can use the EAC or the Shell to change a user’s mobile device mailbox policy.
Use the EAC to change a user’s mobile device mailbox policy
You change a single user’s mobile device mailbox policy using the EAC.
- In the EAC, click Recipients > Mailboxes and
then select a mailbox.
- In the Details pane, scroll to Phone and Voice Features
and select View details to display the Mobile Device
Details screen.
- The mobile device mailbox policy that’s currently assigned is
displayed. To change the mobile device mailbox policy, click
Browse.
- Choose the appropriate mobile device mailbox policy from the
list, click OK and then click Save.
Use the Shell to add a user to a mobile device mailbox policy
You can change a single user’s mobile device mailbox policy using the Get-CASMailbox cmdlet in the Shell.
- In the Shell, run the following command.
Copy Code Get-CASMailbox -Identity tony@contoso.com -ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy "Sales"
How do you know this worked?
To verify that you’ve successfully changed a user’s mobile device mailbox policy, do one of the following:
- In the EAC, click Recipients > Mailboxes, and
then choose a specific recipient. In the Details pane, scroll down
to Phone and Voice Features and click View
details.
- In the Shell, run the following command.
Copy Code Get-CASMailbox -Identity tony@contoso.com
Change the mobile device mailbox policy for multiple users at the same time
If you want to change the mobile device mailbox policy for multiple users at the same time, you can use the bulk edit functionality in the EAC or use the Shell to change the mobile device mailbox policy for a filtered set of users.
Use the bulk edit tool in the EAC to change the mobile device mailbox policy for multiple users
You can update the mobile device mailbox policy for multiple users at once using the Bulk Edit functionality.
- In the EAC, click Recipients > Mailboxes.
- Select multiple users.
- In the Details pane, scroll down to Exchange ActiveSync
and click Update a policy.
- Click Browse to choose a mobile device mailbox
policy.
- Click OK and then click Save.
Use the Shell to change the mobile device mailbox policy for a filtered set of users
You can use the Shell to change the mobile device mailbox policy for a filtered set of users. You can filter users on a variety of attributes.
- In the Shell, run the following command.
Copy Code Get-Mailbox | where { $_.CustomAttribute1 -match "Manager" } | Set-CASMailbox -activesyncmailboxpolicy(Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy "Contoso").Identity
Note: You can substitute CustomAttribute1
for any of the properties on the Get-Mailbox object. To view the full list, type:Get-Mailbox username |fl
.
How do you know this worked?
To verify that you’ve successfully changed a user’s mobile device mailbox policy, do one of the following:
- In the EAC, click Recipients > Mailboxes, and
choose a specific recipient. In the Details pane, scroll down to
Phone and Voice Features and click View details.
- In the Shell, run the following command.
Copy Code Get-CASMailbox -Identity tony@contoso.com