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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "Exchange Online recommendations" |
| 3 | +f1.keywords: |
| 4 | +- NOCSH |
| 5 | +ms.author: camillepack |
| 6 | +author: camillepack |
| 7 | +manager: scotv |
| 8 | +ms.date: 05/02/2024 |
| 9 | +audience: Admin |
| 10 | +ms.topic: article |
| 11 | +ms.service: microsoft-365-business |
| 12 | +ms.localizationpriority: medium |
| 13 | +ms.collection: |
| 14 | +- Tier2 |
| 15 | +- scotvorg |
| 16 | +ROBOTS: NOINDEX; NOFOLLOW |
| 17 | +description: "Recommendations for how to use Exchange Online to get the most out of your Microsoft 365 subscription." |
| 18 | +--- |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +# Exchange Online recommendations |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Exchange Online is a messaging solution that delivers email, calendar, contacts, and tasks from PCs, the web, and mobile devices. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +Use Exchange Online to set up multiple professional business email addresses, including shared addresses. Migrate emails from your old service and set up mail flow rules, block domains, set up informative notes, and troubleshoot email delivery problems. With Exchange Online Protection, protect from spam, phishing, and malware. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +Exchange Online gives you **professional business email capability** by providing you with a 50\~100 GB storage capacity mailbox and anywhere access to your emails. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +With Exchange Online, you can **create multiple email addresses** associated with your primary mailbox so you can easily manage your emails and keep your inbox organized. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +Exchange Online provides the ability to **create additional mailboxes** at no added cost. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +## Setup professional business email |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +Create a user mailbox when you assign the user account a license for Exchange Online. To learn more, see [Create user mailboxes in Exchange Online](/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/create-user-mailboxes). |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +1. Go to your [Microsoft 365 admin center](https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/). |
| 37 | +2. Select **Users**, then **Active users,** and then **Add a user**. |
| 38 | +3. In the **Set up the basics** pane, enter the basic user information, and then select **Next**. |
| 39 | +4. In the **Assign product licenses** pane, select the **location** and the **appropriate license for the user,** and then select **Next**. |
| 40 | +5. Review your new user’s settings and make any changes necessary. |
| 41 | +6. Select **Finish adding** and then **Close**. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +Use the [Exchange admin center](https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/) to make changes and set additional properties for a user mailbox. To learn more, [Manage user mailboxes in Exchange Online](/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/manage-user-mailboxes/manage-user-mailboxes). |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +1. In the [Exchange admin center](https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/), go to **Recipients** and then **Mailboxes**. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +2. Go to the list of user mailboxes and select the mailbox that you want to change the properties for. A display pane opens. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +3. Change the Mailbox and Account settings for the selected mailbox: |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + - Use the **Mailbox settings** for changing any mailbox related properties, such as email addresses and mailbox permissions. |
| 52 | + - Use the **Account settings** to edit the contact or organization information. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## Create multiple email addresses |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +Set up your mailbox to have more than one email address associated with it. These additional addresses are called *aliases*. For more information, see [Add or remove email addresses for a mailbox in Exchange Online](/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/manage-user-mailboxes/add-or-remove-email-addresses). |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +1. In the **Exchange Admin Center**, go to **Recipients** and then **Mailboxes**. |
| 59 | +2. Go to the list of user mailboxes and select the mailbox to add an email address to. A display pane opens for the selected user mailbox. |
| 60 | +3. Go to **Mailbox settings** and then **Email addresses**. |
| 61 | +4. Select **Manage email address types**. The Manage email address types display pane opens. |
| 62 | +5. Select **Add email address type**, and then select **SMTP**. |
| 63 | +6. In the **Email address** field, enter the new SMTP address and then select **OK**. |
| 64 | +7. Select the check box if you want to **Make this the reply address**. |
| 65 | +8. Select **Save**. |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +## Create additional mailboxes |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +Create shared mailboxes to make it easy for a group of people in your company to monitor and send email from a common account. For more information, see [Create shared mailboxes in the Exchange admin center](/exchange/collaboration/shared-mailboxes/create-shared-mailboxes). |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +1. From the [Exchange admin center](https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/), go to **Recipients**, select **Shared**, and then **Add**. |
| 72 | +2. Enter the **Display Name** and **Email address**. |
| 73 | +3. To grant **Full Access** or **Send As** permissions, select **Add** (+), and then select the users you want to grant permissions to. |
| 74 | +4. **Save** your changes to create a shared mailbox. |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +Create a Microsoft 365 group for collaboration between teams and a shared workspace for conversations, files, and calendars. To learn more, see [Create and manage groups in the Exchange admin center in Exchange Online](/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/create-and-manage-groups). |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +1. From the [Exchange admin center](https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/), go to **Recipients**, select **Groups,** and then select **Add a group**. |
| 79 | +2. On the **Choose a group type** page, select **Microsoft 365**, and then select **Next**. |
| 80 | +3. On the **Basics** page, enter a **name** for the group, and a **description** (optional), and then select **Next**. |
| 81 | +4. On the **Owners** page, choose the name of one or more people who will be designated to **manage the group**. Select **Next**. |
| 82 | +5. On the **Members** page, choose the name of one or more people who will be designated as **members of the group**. Select **Next**. |
| 83 | +6. On the **Settings** page, type a unique **email address** for the group, choose a **privacy** option and whether you want to add **Microsoft Teams**, and then select **Next**. |
| 84 | +7. After reviewing your settings and making any changes, select **Create group**. |
| 85 | +8. Select **Close**. |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +## Additional Resources |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +### Online training |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +- [Microsoft Exchange Admin Center Navigation and Features Training](/exchange/features-in-new-eac) |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +### Microsoft help Articles |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +- [Recipients in Exchange Online](/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/recipients-in-exchange-online) – get to know the variety of mailboxes and recipient types you can create in the Exchange Admin Center. |
| 96 | +- [Mailbox Delegation](/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/manage-permissions-for-recipients) – get to know the different permissions to assign to a mailbox or group so that other users can manage the mailbox. |
| 97 | +- [Create and Manage Groups](/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/create-and-manage-groups) - get to know the different groups you can create and manage in your Exchange Online organization. |
| 98 | +- [Mail flow rule procedures in Exchange Online](/exchange/security-and-compliance/mail-flow-rules/mail-flow-rule-procedures) - you can use mail flow rules to meet different objectives in the Exchange Admin Center. |
| 99 | +- [Backing up email in Exchange Online](/exchange/back-up-email) – learn how to recover your data if it gets accidentally deleted. |
| 100 | +- [Exchange Online Protection overview](/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/exchange-online-protection-overview) – learn how Exchange Online Protection works and the features that are available in Exchange Online Protection. |
| 101 | +- [Sharing in Exchange Online](/exchange/sharing/sharing) – get to know how users can share their schedules with others. |
| 102 | +- [Exchange Online limits](/office365/servicedescriptions/exchange-online-service-description/exchange-online-limits) – get to know Exchange Online limits for a variety of service areas, including address book limits, mailbox storage limits, and reporting and message trace limits, to name just a few. |
| 103 | +- [Archive features in Exchange Online](/microsoft-365/compliance/enable-archive-mailboxes) – learn how to enable a specialized mailbox called the archive mailbox that appears alongside the users’ primary mailbox folders. |
| 104 | +- [Mail flow best practices for Exchange Online](/exchange/mail-flow-best-practices/mail-flow-best-practices) – get tips and best practices for setting up and managing your email. |
| 105 | +- [Ways to migrate multiple email accounts to Microsoft 365 or Office 365](/exchange/mailbox-migration/mailbox-migration) – Migrate your email accounts from other email systems. |
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