

Enter the shared mailbox's e-mail address and click Show URL to see the URL. The tool below will display the Outlook Web Access URL for a shared mailbox.

The URL for a shared mailbox is The example below illustrates what the Outlook Web Access URL would be for a shared mailbox that has the given e-mail address: Note that you must access Office 365 OWA with a supported browser because you need to use the "Full" version of Outlook Web App to configure rules. Open a web browser using a supported browser such as the latest version of Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari.Method 1: Open a Shared Mailbox Using a Direct Link to Office 365 OWA Members of a Shared Mailbox's permissions group have the ability to access a Shared Mailbox using the Office 365 Portal using any of the methods documented below. You will get a warning that your data will be lost, but it is safe to click Yes on this one.Resource Coordinators: Accessing a Shared Mailbox using the Office 365 Portal The difference here is that we also want to configure AutoAccept policies and set default access rights to the calendar:Īfter this is done the license can be removed. The same thing applies to Resource Mailboxes (Rooms and Equipment). Except from changing the type, we also have to modify the mailbox quotas. To convert a user mailbox to a shared mailbox we just need one line of PowerShell. Migrate mailbox as regular user mailbox.The process of migrating a Shared Mailbox or Resource Mailbox is as follows: If you are migrating from an Exchange version that supports Hybrid Migration you will be able to migrate resources directly without assigning licenses, but there is a workaround for Cutover and Staged migrations as well. The downside is that they will require an Exchange Online license.

These mailboxes are still possible to migrate using Staged Migration or Cutover Migration, by migrating them as a regular user mailbox.

In Exchange 2003 Resource Mailboxes and Shared Mailboxes are often set up as a regular user mailbox.
