How to apply a Policy or Mailbox Settings automatically while Creating a mailbox in Exchange 2010

Lets say I want to apply something default when I Create mailbox in my organization

Its bit easy to do using scripting agents

In this example I am applying Address book policy for newly created users automatically , you can add some more commands as per your requirement

Step 1:

Copy the Below Code

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″ ?>
<Configuration version=”1.0″>
<Feature Name=”MailboxProvisioning” Cmdlets=”new-mailbox,enable-mailbox”>
<ApiCall Name=”OnComplete”>
if($succeeded) {
Set-Mailbox $provisioningHandler.UserSpecifiedParameters[“Alias”] –AddressbookPolicy “Policy Name”
}
</ApiCall>
</Feature>
</Configuration>

Step 2:

Save as “ScriptingAgentConfig.xml”

Step 3:

Copy the File in the below location

Default: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin\CmdletExtensionAgents”

Step 4:

Enable-CmdletExtensionAgent "Scripting Agent"

Now Try creating a mailbox . It should apply the address book policy automatically

In the Same Format you can add some more commands or you can replace the existing ones

For Sample Code you can check in the Below location

C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin\CmdletExtensionAgents\ScriptingAgentConfig.xml.sample