Reference Materials for Migration 8.15 - Public Folder Synchronization (MAgE)

Granting Full Access Permission for Public Folder to an account

To grant Full Access permission for Public Folder to the account perform the following steps:

1. From the Start menu, select Run. In the Run dialog box, type ADSIEdit.msc. Click OK.
2. In the ADSIEdit snap-in, open the CN=Folder Hierarchies CN=Exchange Administrative Group(…) CN=Administrative Group CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=<…>,DC=<…> container.
3. Righ-tclick the Folder Hierarchies and select Properties.
4. In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab.
5. On the Security tab, click Add to provide the account to which you wish to assign permissions.
6. Select the account name, and then enable the Allow option for the Full Access permission in the Permissions box.
7. Click the Advanced button. In the Advanced Security Settings dialog box, select the account you specified on step 5 and click Edit.
8. In the Permission Entry dialog box, select This object and all child (descendant) objects from the Apply onto drop-down list.
9. Click OK to accept changes

Granting Owner Permissions for Each Public Folder

To grant the required permission the administrative account, for example, JohnSmith), run the following cmdlet in Exchange Management Shell:

Get-PublicFolder -Recurse | Add-PublicFolderClientPermission -User "LA\JohnSmith" -AccessRights Owner

Office 365 account: Granting the Public Folders Role

To grant the required permission to the <User> (for example, JohnSmith), run the following cmdlet in Exchange Management Shell:

$session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection

Import-PSSession $session

New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role "Public Folders" -User "JohnSmith"

Remove-PSSession $session

Office 365 account: Granting the View-Only Configuration Role

To grant the required permission to the <User> (for example, JohnSmith), run the following cmdlet in Exchange Management Shell:

$session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection

Import-PSSession $session

New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role "View-Only Configuration" -User "JohnSmith"

Remove-PSSession $session