The Public Folders pages is a new feature for Exchange Online introduced with Office 365 Preview. It provides an easy and effective way to collect, organize, and share information with other people in your workgroup or organization. It is not designed for Archiving Data or Document sharing and Collaboration.

In Office 365 Preview every public folder must live in a Public Folder mailbox. You will need to create at least one Public Folder mailbox before you can create Public Folders.

To create a Public Folder Mailbox
Navigate to the Exchange Admin Center (EAC)

Click Public Folders > Public Folder Mailboxes > Click (+) New

Enter a Name and click Save

Check the list to ensure the new Public Folder Mailbox is available

To create a Public Folder
Click Public Folders > Public Folders > Click (+) New

Enter a Name and click Save.

Verify that the folder has been created

In the Public Folder window, note that several new options will be available, e.g:

• General: Public Folder name etc
• Statistics: Count of Deleted Items etc
• Limits: Warning Quotas etc
• General mail properties: Edit Alias, Display Name, add custom attributes
• Emails Addresses: Add/Edit additional SMTP Addresses for the public folder
• Member Of: Add the public folder to distribution groups
• Delivery Options: Configure Send As, Send on behalf, and Forwarding on the public folder
• Mail Flow Settings: Enable/Edit delivery restrictions on for the public folder mailbox.

To view Public Folders on Outlook 2013, navigate near to Tasks and you’ll see "………" > click on "…….." and choose Folders

Now you can view your Public Folders on Outlook 20013

Note

• Kiosk plan users are not licensed for public folders
• You are limited to 50 public folder mailboxes with a maximum size of 1.25 TB.
• See the Exchange Online Service Description for more