Organization Configuration > Exchange Administrators (RTM)

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007

An Exchange administrator is a user or group that has been granted permissions inherent within a specific administrator role. An administrator role is a predefined security group that provides specific permissions to allow role members to manage Exchange configuration data. Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 provides the following four administrator roles: Exchange Recipient Administrators, Exchange Organization Administrators, Exchange Server Administrators, and Exchange View-Only Administrators. For more information about Exchange 2007 administrator roles, see the following topics:

• Permission Considerations

• Configuring Permissions

When you select an Exchange administrator, the following actions are available either by right-clicking the administrator's name or by using the action pane.

• Add Exchange Administrator
  Click Add Exchange Administrator to start the Add Exchange Administrator wizard. This wizard will help you add a new administrator and select the administrator role membership.

  To learn more about the different Exchange administrator roles you can configure by using this wizard, see How to Add a User or Group to an Administrator Role.

• Remove
  Click Remove to delete the selected Exchange administrator, revoking all administrative rights that were assigned to that identity.

For More Information

For more information about Exchange 2007 administrator roles, see the following topics:

• Permission Considerations

• Configuring Permissions