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SBS 2011 Std. Unable to Create Exchange Mailbox for new users - Heads Up

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I am in the throes of setting up a new SBS Standard Edition 2011 for a client.  While setting up new users in the SBS Console I ran afoul of a problem in that I have not encountered in setting up a few other SBS 2011 servers.  The wizard would not create the mail account and threw-up errors, though folders were created and the accounts were otherwise functional.  I could manually create the mailbox in the Exchange Management Console and then login as the new user and all was right with the world, but it's not where I wanted to live, so I started digging a bit through related posts here.

I found some relevant posts and did a little follow-up.  I then switched to my production SBS 2011 Standard server and tried to add a new user with the same result.  This server has never experienced that problem, so something had gone sideways recently.  It occurred to me that a couple of days back, Dec. 11, 2012, Microsoft released an optional update, Windows Management Framework 3.0, which like an idiot I installed in knee-jerk fashion without knowing anything about it.  Suspecting that this was the culprit due to errors I found in the \Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs\adduser.log file, I uninstalled the update and re-booted.  Sure enough, that solved the problem and full functionality has returned to the SBS Console.

I offer this as a little heads-up to others that may be experiencing the problem.  May my pain serve as a warning!


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