The user that you have created for the Microsoft Exchange
Server agent must be a domain administrator with full administrator
rights on Microsoft Exchange Server. The administrator rights are
required to access the Microsoft Exchange Server components. You must
provide administrative rights to the user.
Before you begin
Create a
Microsoft Exchange Server user who has the mailbox on the
Exchange Server that
is being monitored.
About this task
This task provides information about assigning administrator
rights to the user. Minimum rights required for the
Microsoft Exchange Server agent to run
and display data are as follows:
- Exchange Server 2003 - Exchange Administrator
- Exchange Server 2007 - Exchange Recipient Administrator
- Exchange Server 2010 - Exchange Recipient Management
Procedure
For Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, complete the following
steps to grant full administrator rights to the user:
- Click Start > Programs > Microsoft Exchange > System
Manager. The Microsoft Exchange Systems Manager opens.
- Click Action > Delegate control. The Exchange
Administration Delegation Wizard opens. Click Next.
- On the Users or Groups page, click Add.
- In the Delegate Control window, click Browse. Select the new user that you have created, and then click OK.
- From the Role list, select Exchange
Full Administrator, and then click OK.
- Click Next, and then click Finish.
For Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, complete the following
steps to grant recipient administrator rights to the user:
- Click Start > Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server
2007 > Exchange Management Console. The Exchange Management
Console window opens.
- In the Console tree, click Organization Configuration.
- In the Action pane, click Add Exchange Administrator.
- On the Add Exchange Administrator page, click Browse. Select the new user that you have created, and then select Exchange Recipient Administrator role.
- Click Add.
- On the Completion page, click Finish.
For Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, complete the following
steps to grant recipient administrator rights to the user:
- Click Start > Programs > Microsoft Exchange
Server 2010 > Exchange Management Console. The Exchange
Management Console window opens.
- In the Console tree, click Toolbox.
- In the Work pane, double-click the Role Based
Access Control (RBAC) User Editor tool. The Exchange Control
Panel window opens.
- Enter the user credentials for the account with permissions
to open the user editor in the Exchange Control Panel. Click Sign
in.
- Click the Administrator Roles tab.
- Select the Recipient Management role
group, and then click Details.
- In the Members area, click Add.
- Select the user that you want to add to the role group,
and then click OK.
- Click Save to save the changes to
the role group.
What to do next
Make the user a local administrator of the computer where
the
Microsoft Exchange Server is installed. For information about making the user a local administrator,
see
Making the Microsoft Exchange Server user a local administrator.