Types of mailboxes in exchange server 2013

                                                  Types of mailbox 

User Mailbox

Room Mailbox

Equipment Mailbox

linked Mailbox

Archive Mailbox

Shared Mailbox

Note: Room & Equipment mailbox  are combindly called as resource mailbox.

Usermailbox:it is a mailbox that is assigned to an individual user in exchange organization

Room Mailbox: it is a resource mailbox that is assigned to meeting location such as conference room ,auditorium or training room providing a simple and efficient way of organizing meetings for your users.

Equipment mailbox: it is a resource mailbox that is assigned to a non location specfic resource ,such as portable computer projector microphone or a company car.

Linked mailbox: it is a mailbox that assigned to an individual user in a separate trusted forest.

Shared mailbox: A shared mailbox is a mailbox that multiple users can use to read and send email messages.

*it can also be used to provide a common calender,allowing multiple users to schedule and view vacation time or work shifts.

*To access a shared mailbox users must first be granted send as or full access permissions to the mailbox

Archive mailbox: it provides users with an alternative storages location in which to store historical messaging data

* it is an additional mailbox enabled for a mailbox enabled user.

*users can move or copy messages between their primary mailbox and the archive mailbox.

*it presents a consistent view of messaging data to users and eliminate the user overhead required to manage  .PST file