Migration Manager for Exchange 8.15 - Target Exchange 2016 Environment Preparation

Granting Write proxyAddresses Permission on Descendant PublicFolder Objects

To grant an account the Write proxyAddresses permission on the Descendant publicFolder objects for the Microsoft Exchange System Objects organizational unit, take the following steps:

1. In the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, right-click the Microsoft Exchange System Objects OU and click Properties.
   Note: If there is no Microsoft Exchange System Objects OU, you should select View | Advanced Features in the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
   
2. On the Security tab, click Advanced, then click Add and specify the account. Then click OK.
3. On the Object tab of the Permission Entry dialog box , select Descendant publicFolder objects from the Apply to drop-down list.
4. Then open the Properties tab and select Descendant publicFolder objects again.
5. After that enable the Allow option for the Write proxyAddresses permission in the Permissions box.

6. Close the dialog boxes by clicking OK.

Setting Up Target Agent Host Account

This section describes how to set the required permissions for the Target Agent Host Account used by Migration Manager for Exchange agents. This account is used to install and run Migration Manager for Exchange agents on the target agent host and to access the license server. The required privileges for the Target Agent Host Account are as follows:

• Membership in the local Administrators group on the license server (unless alternative credentials are used for the license server). If server is located in another trusted forest, the account should have local Administrator permissions on the license server
• Local Administrator permissions on the agent host server.

• The db_owner role on the SQL server where the database resides

• Permission to create, read and write SCP in domain where agent host resides. The SCP object is located in the CN=Exchange Migration Project,CN=QmmEx,CN=Migration Manager,CN=Quest Software,CN=System,DC=eternity,DC=<...> ,DC=<...> Active Directory container.

To set up the Target Agent Host Account, perform the steps described in the related subtopics.

Changing the Default Target Agent Host Account

The default Target Agent Host Account (initially displayed on the Default Agent Host page of the Exchange server Properties) is set when you add the target organization to migration project (see the Registering Source and Target Organizations section of the Migration Manager for Exchange User Guide for details).

If necessary, you can change the default Target Agent Host Account. For that, go to the Agent Management node in the Migration Manager for Exchange Console, and use properties of the corresponding agent host server.

To go on using the default Target Agent Host Account for Exchange migration, grant the permissions required for Exchange migration to this account (see the next steps).

Granting Membership in the Local Administrators Group

Granting Membership in the Local Administrators Group

The Target Agent Host Account should be a member of the local Administrators group on the agent host server and on the license server (unless alternative credentials are used for the license server).

To add the Target Agents Host Account to the local Administrators group on a server perform the following:

1. Open the Computer Management snap-in (Click Start | Run, enter compmgmt.msc and then click OK).
2. In the left pane click System Tools | Local Users and Groups | Groups.
3. Right-click the Administrators group and click Add to Group.
4. Click Add and select the Target Agent Host Account (in our example, QMM_Trg_AH).
5. Close the dialog boxes by clicking OK.