Set a Delegate on a Resource Mailbox

Applies to: Exchange Server 2010

You can set a delegate on a resource mailbox to control the scheduling options for that resource mailbox and to have all requests forwarded to the delegate.

Looking for other management tasks related to resource mailboxes? Check out Managing Resource Mailboxes and Scheduling.

Use the EMC to set a delegate on a resource mailbox

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Resource Mailbox Configuration Permissions" section in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

1. In the console tree, navigate to Recipient Configuration > Mailbox.
2. In the result pane, select the resource mailbox that you want to configure.
3. In the action pane, under the name of the resource mailbox, click Properties.
4. In <Resource Mailbox Name> Properties, click the Resource Policy tab.
5. Under Specify delegates of this mailbox, perform the following tasks:
   • To add a resource delegate, click Add, and then select the recipient.
   • To remove a resource delegate, select the delegate, and then click Remove.
6. If you want to forward all meeting requests to the delegates listed, select the Forward meeting requests to delegates check box.
7. Click Apply to save your changes, or click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.

Use the Shell to set a delegate on a resource mailbox

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Resource Mailbox Configuration Permissions" section in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

This example uses the primary SMTP address for Ed, Ayla, and Tony to set them as the delegates for the resource mailbox Room222

Set-CalendarProcessing -Identity "Room222" -ResourceDelegates "ed@contoso.com","ayla@contoso.com","tony@contoso.com"

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-CalendarProcessing.