Configuring Public Folders

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In Exchange System Manager, public folder trees that are native to a specific administrative group are listed under the Folders node for that administrative group. From this location, you can work with the properties of the public folder tree or with the individual folders, regardless of which stores hold replicas of the folders.

The Details tab for a public folder

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Important

Because Exchange regards public folder administration and public folder store administration as separate tasks, you can configure your administrative group topology so that some Exchange administrators have access to the public folder stores, but not to the public folders.

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For example, consider a topology with public folder servers grouped into two administrative groups, each of which has its own Exchange Administrator. Martin is the Exchange Administrator for AG1, and Sam is the Exchange Administrator for AG2. Each of the public folder servers has a default public folder store, which supports the Public Folders tree. As expected, Martin can administer the default public folder stores on the servers in AG1, and Sam can administer the default public folder stores on the servers in AG2. However, note that the Public Folders tree was created in AG1, which was the first administrative group in the topology. Therefore, only Martin can administer folders in the Public Folders tree. As the AG2 administrator, Sam can administer only public folder trees created in AG2.

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For more information about this and other permissions issues, see Using Exchange Administrative Roles with Exchange Store Components.