Public Folder Recipients

A public folder is a sharable container of information. It is a recipient object because, in addition to being able to view information in it, users can send information to it.

Like mailboxes, public folders are created and stored on a specific home server. But because users on different servers and in different sites could need access to that public folder, you can configure public folders to be copied automatically to other Exchange servers. This is called replication , and each copy of the same public folder is called a replica .

While the other recipients are created from Active Directory Users and Computers, public folders are created and managed using either a Microsoft Exchange client application (such as Outlook) or through the Exchange System Manager snap-in. All properties of a public folder are available for management within System Manager, and many are also available using an Exchange client. This allows users to take over much of the management of public folders.

The creation and configuration of public folders is covered in detail in Chapter 6, ‚“Using Public Folders. ‚½