Exchange MailBox discovery

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title: Exchange MailBox discovery
description: Discovery creates or updates a CMDB record when it detects a running instance of Exchange Mailbox.
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# Exchange MailBox discovery

Discovery creates or updates a CMDB record when it detects a running instance of Exchange Mailbox.

**Note:** For information on Probe to Pattern migration see the knowledge article [KB0694477](https://support.servicenow.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0694477).

## Prerequisites

The `Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell` module must be installed on the server that you want to discover.

The service `winRM` must be running on the host machine. Run the following command in the Powershell window to verify: `New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri "http://$hostname/PowerShell/" -Authentication Kerberos`

## Pattern

By default, Discovery uses the **MailBox On Windows** pattern to discover Exchange MailBox.

## Credentials

Configure these credentials:

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Credential type

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Additional notes

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[Applicative credentials](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-security/applicative-creds.md)

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The user must be able to run Powershell commands against the Exchange hosts. Use **Exchange Mailbox** as the CI type for the applicative credential.

**Important:** Do not use the **Exchange Mailbox server** CI type.

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[Windows credentials](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-security/r_WindowsCredentialsForm.md)

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The OS user must be a domain user, not a local user for the server.

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</table>## Data collected

The following data is collected on the Exchange Mailboxes \[cmdb\_ci\_exchange\_mailbox\] table:

|Label|Field Name|
|-----|----------|
|Name|name|
|Version|version|
|Class|sys\_class\_name|
|Fully qualified domain name|fqdn|
|IP Address|ip\_address|
|Installation directory|install\_directory|
|Type|type|

**Parent Topic:**[Software discovery](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/itom-visibility/c_Software.md)