Planning
your next identity automation
solution?
This article
covers a legacy Tools4ever product. If you
are evaluating NIM in the United States or
Canada,
start with the NIM guides for setup,
integrations, and automation
workflows.
UMRA contains a
robust library of actions
for Exchange 2010 and
2013. Before these
actions can be used, you
must install and configure
several
prerequisites.
- Join the UMRA Service Account to the
"Organizational Management" group in
Active Directory. This will
grant the UMRA service the privileges
necessary to manage mailboxes, groups,
and more.
- On the UMRA Server, install the WinRM
IIS Extension feature
- This can be done
from Server
Manager with
the Add
Roles and
Features option

- This can be done
from Server
Manager with
the Add
Roles and
Features option
- On the UMRA server, from an elevated
PowerShell console, run the following
command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned - Note: Be
aware of any group policies
that control and override this
setting in your
environment.
- Note: Be
aware of any group policies
that control and override this
setting in your
environment.
- On your Exchange server, open an
elevated Exchange Management Shell.
Run the following
commands:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSignedWinRM Quickconfig- Type "Y" to accept
changes
- Type "Y" to accept
changes
Set-User <UMRA Service Account> -RemotePowerShellEnabled $true- Replace <UMRA
Service Account>
with the login name of
the account under
which you are running
the UMRA
Service.
- Replace <UMRA
Service Account>
with the login name of
the account under
which you are running
the UMRA
Service.
Now that all of
these steps have been
completed, you should be
able to create and run
UMRA scripts that create
and manage user mailboxes,
groups, and
more.