Chitaranjan Panda: How to delegate Exchange Administrative Permission

To have a better Administration over the Exchange Organization, delegating Administrative permission is the best way.

The following shows the permissions options for Exchange administrator role.

Full Administrator Role - Full control over all objects within the hierarchy
Change all permissions, Delegate permissions and Read mailboxes

Administrator - Full control over all objects, except cannot change permissions

View Only Administrator – To view the configuration

Using permissions you can delegate Exchange server administrative tasks to other users. Keep in mind the following facts for managing Exchange permissions:

Permissions are assigned either at the organizational level or the administrative group level.
Use the Exchange Delegation Wizard in Exchange System Manager to manage delegations.
While running /forestprep or during the Exchange Server 2003 installation, you identify the default Exchange System Administrator. This administrator has all permissions to the Exchange organization.
Exchange administrators must have specific permissions in Active Directory for the objects and levels they will be working. They must also have permissions on the local computer.

Note: When you assign the Full Administrator or Administrator roles to an administrative group, the user also receives View Only permissions to the organization, allowing the administrator to view the configuration of the entire organization.

Step by step procedure to Delegate Administrative roles to particular users

Go to Start ->All Programs -> Microsoft Exchange ->System Manager ->right click the Organization Name and select delegate control

On the welcome page click next to continue

We can add the user or groups to grant administrative permission, Click add to find the user to be granted administrator permission over the exchange organization