Add Exchange Administrator Wizard > Add Exchange Administrator Page

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 SP3, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP1

Use the Add Exchange Administrator page to add a new Exchange administrator role. A Exchange Server 2007 administrator role is a predefined security group that provides specific permissions to allow role members to manage Exchange configuration data. Exchange 2007 provides the following five administrator roles: Exchange Organization Administrator role, Exchange Public Folder Administrator role, Exchange Recipient Administrator role, Exchange View-Only Administrator role, and Exchange Server Administrator role.

• Select the user or group to add as an Exchange administrator
  Click Browse and select the user or group to which you want to apply the administrator role.

• Select the role and scope of this Exchange administrator
  Select one of the following options:

  • Exchange Organization Administrator role   Members of this administrator role have full access to all Exchange properties and objects in the Exchange organization.

  • Exchange Public Folder Administrator role Members of this administrator role can create top-level public folders. A member can administer any top-level public folder, child public folder, and system public folders in the public folder tree. Additionally, a member's permissions cannot be revoked by using the Remove-PublicfolderAdministratorPermission cmdlet.

  • Exchange Recipient Administrator role   Members of this administrator role have permissions to modify any Exchange property for an Active Directory directory service user, contact, group, dynamic distribution group, or public folder object.

  • Exchange View-Only Administrator Role   Members of this administrator role have read-only access to the entire Exchange organization tree in the Active Directory configuration container, and read-only access to all Windows domain containers that have Exchange recipients.

  • Exchange Server Administrator Role   Members of this administrator role have access to only local server Exchange configuration data, either in Active Directory or on the physical computer on which Active Directory is installed. If you select this role, the Select the server(s) to which this role has access box is enabled. Click Add to select a server from the list of available servers in your Exchange organization. Click Remove to delete the selected server from the list.

For More Information

For more information about Exchange 2007 administrator roles, see Permission Considerations.