Clients and mobile devices permissions
Applies to: Exchange Server 2016
Topic Last Modified: 2017-05-05
Learn about permissions that are required to perform tasks for clients and mobile devices in Exchange Server 2016.
The permissions required to perform tasks for clients and mobile devices vary depending on the procedure being performed or the cmdlet you want to run. For more information about client and mobile device features, see Clients and mobile.
To find out what permissions you need to perform the procedure or run the cmdlet, do the following:
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In the table below, find the feature that is most related to the procedure you want to perform or the cmdlet you want to run.
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Next, look at the permissions required for the feature. You must be assigned one of those role groups, an equivalent custom role group, or an equivalent management role. You can also click on a role group to see its management roles. If a feature lists more than one role group, you only need to be assigned one of the role groups to use the feature. For more information about role groups and management roles, see Understanding Role Based Access Control.
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Now, run the Get-ManagementRoleAssignment cmdlet to look at the role groups or management roles assigned to you to see if you have the permissions that are necessary to manage the feature.
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You must be assigned the Role Management management role to run the Get-ManagementRoleAssignment cmdlet. If you don't have permissions to run the Get-ManagementRoleAssignment cmdlet, ask your Exchange administrator to retrieve the role groups or management roles assigned to you.
If you want to delegate the ability to manage a feature to another user, see Delegate role assignments.
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Some features may require that you have local administrator permissions on the server you want to manage. To manage these features, you must be a member of the Local Administrators group on that server. |
You can configure any of the following features for the Client Access service.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Client Access service array settings | |
Client Access service settings | |
Client Access service email channel settings | |
Client Access user settings | |
Client Access virtual directory settings | |
RPC Client Access settings | |
Push notification proxy settings | |
OAuth authentication redirection settings |
You can configure any of the following for Exchange ActiveSync.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Exchange ActiveSync Autoblock settings | |
Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policy settings | |
Exchange ActiveSync server settings | |
Exchange ActiveSync settings | |
Exchange ActiveSync user settings | |
Exchange ActiveSync virtual directory settings | |
Mobile device mailbox policy settings | |
Mobile device user settings |
You can configure the following for the Autodiscover service.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Autodiscover service configuration settings | |
Autodiscover virtual directory settings |
You can configure the following for the Availability service.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Availability service address space settings | |
Availability service configuration settings |
You can configure the following for client throttling.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Client throttling settings |
You can configure the following for Web Services virtual directories.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Exchange Web Services virtual directory settings | |
Test Exchange Web Services | |
Test Outlook Web Services |
You can configure and manage the following settings for Outlook Anywhere.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Outlook Anywhere configuration (enable, disable, change, view) | |
RPC over HTTP Proxy component | Local Server Administrator |
Test Outlook Anywhere connectivity |
You can use the following features to view Outlook on the web settings, control security and user access to Outlook on the web, and test Outlook on the web connectivity.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Graphics editor | Local Server Administrator |
IIS Manager | Local Server Administrator |
ISA Server 2006 | ISA Server Enterprise Administrator |
Outlook on the web mailbox policies | |
Outlook on the web virtual directories | |
Registry Editor | Local Server Administrator |
S/MIME configuration | |
Text editor | Local Server Administrator |
View Outlook on the web mailbox policies |
You can configure the following for POP3 and IMAP4.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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IMAP4 settings | |
POP3 settings | |
Test IMAP4 settings | |
Test POP3 settings |
You can configure the following for Windows PowerShell.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Test Windows PowerShell | |
Windows PowerShell settings |
You can configure the following for text messaging.
Users who are assigned the View-Only Management role group can view the configuration of the features in the following table. For more information, see View-only Organization Management.
Feature | Permissions required |
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Text messaging notification settings | |
Text messaging settings | |
Text messaging user settings |