In Microsoft Exchange (2007 – 2010), there are four types of mailboxes that you can configure for different uses depending on your purpose:
- Regular – Standard user mailbox
- Room – Manage shared room scheduling
- Equipment – Manage share equipment scheduling
- Shared – Shared mailbox
However you may need to convert a mailbox type. Use the following command in the Exchange Shell to convert the mailbox
Set-Mailbox
-Type
For example, I want to convert my Shared Mailbox “Boardroom” to a Room Mailbox, I would use the following command:
Set-Mailbox Boardroom -Type Room
Once completed the mailbox will be converted and ready for use. This take no time to convert.