Exchange and Shell Infrastructure Permissions
Applies to: Exchange Server 2010
The permissions required to perform tasks to configure various components of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 depend on the procedure being performed or the cmdlet you want to run. See each of the sections in this topic for more information about their respective features.
To find out what permissions you need to perform the procedure or run the cmdlet, do the following:
In the table below, find the feature that is most related to the procedure you want to perform or the cmdlet you want to run.
Next, look at the permissions required for the feature. You must be assigned one of those role groups, an equivalent custom role group, or an equivalent management role. You can also click on a role group to see its management roles. (For more information about role groups and management roles, see Understanding Role Based Access Control.)
Now, run the Get-ManagementRoleAssignment cmdlet to look at the role groups or management roles assigned to you to see if you have the permissions that are necessary to manage the feature.
Note
You must be assigned the Role Management management role to run the Get-ManagementRoleAssignment cmdlet. If you don't have permissions to run the Get-ManagementRoleAssignment cmdlet, ask your Exchange administrator to retrieve the role groups or management roles assigned to you.
If you want to delegate the ability to manage a feature to another user, see Delegate Role Assignments.
Note
Some features may require that you have local administrator permissions on the server you want to manage. To manage these features, you must be a member of the Local Administrators group on that server.
Exchange Infrastructure Permissions
The following table lists the permissions required to perform tasks that configure general Exchange 2010 settings. For more information, see the following topics:
- Overview of Administrator Audit Logging
- Exchange Management Console
- Enter Product Key
- Opt-in or Opt-out of the Customer Experience Improvement Program
- Set-ExchangeAssistanceConfig
- Get-MessageCategory
- Test-SystemHealth
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-Only Organization Management.
| Feature | Permissions required |
|---|---|
Administrator audit logging |
|
Exchange Help settings |
|
Exchange Management Console configuration settings |
|
Exchange server configuration settings |
|
Message categories |
|
Test system health |
|
Product key |
Shell Infrastructure Permissions
The following table lists the permissions required to perform tasks that configure features that control how the Exchange Management Shell runs. For more information about each of the features listed in this topic, see the following topics:
- Overview of Exchange Management Shell
- Understanding Cmdlet Extension Agents
- Overview of Administrator Audit Logging
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-Only Organization Management.
| Feature | Permissions required |
|---|---|
Active Directory Domain Services server settings |
|
Cmdlet extension agents |
|
PowerShell virtual directories |
|
Remote Shell |
|
PowerShell and WinRM installation |
Local Server Administrator |
Federation and Certificates Permissions
The following table lists permissions required for performing tasks related to federation trusts and certificate management.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-Only Organization Management.
| Feature | Permissions required |
|---|---|
Federation trusts |
|
Test federation trusts |
|
Certificate management |