Migration Manager for Exchange 8.15 - Granular Account Permissions for Exchange 2010 to 2010 Migration

Read Access to Active Directory Domain

To grant this permission to an account, complete the following steps:

1. In the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, right-click the domain name, and then click Properties.
2. On the Security tab, click Add and select the account.
3. Select the account, and then check the Allow box for the Read permission in the Permissions box.
4. Click the Advanced button. In the Advanced Security Settings dialog box, select the account you specified on step 2, and click Edit.
5. In the Permission Entry dialog box, select This object and all descendant (child) objects from the Apply to drop-down list.
6. Close the dialog boxes by clicking OK.

Read Permission for the Microsoft Exchange Container

Read Permission for the Microsoft Exchange Container

To grant this permission to an account, complete 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=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=<…>,DC=<…> container.

3. Right-click the Microsoft Exchange container and select Properties.
4. In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab.
5. On the Security tab, click Add and select the account to which you wish to assign permissions.
6. Select the account name, and then enable the Allow option for the Read 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. Close the dialog boxes by clicking OK.

Full Control on Mailbox Database

To grant the Full Control permission on a mailbox database to the <User> (in our example, LA\JohnSmith), run the following cmdlet in Exchange Management Shell:

Get-MailboxDatabase | Add-ADPermission -User LA\JohnSmith -AccessRights GenericAll -ExtendedRights Receive-As

Full Control on Public Folder Database

To grant the Full Control permission on a public folder database to the <User> (in our example, LA\JohnSmith), run the following cmdlet in Exchange Management Shell:

Get-PublicFolderDatabase | Add-ADPermission -User LA\JohnSmith -AccessRights GenericAll -ExtendedRights Receive-As