Assigning administrator rights to the Exchange Server user

The user that you created for the Microsoft Exchange Server agent must be a domain administrator with full administrator rights on Microsoft Exchange Server. The administrator rights are necessary to access the Microsoft Exchange Server agent components.

Before you begin

Create an Exchange Server user who has the mailbox on the Exchange Server that is being monitored.

About this task

Use one of the following procedures to assign administrator rights to the user:

Assigning administrator rights on Exchange Server 2007

You must assign Exchange Recipient Administrator rights to the user on Exchange Server 2007.

Procedure

  1. Click Start > Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 > Exchange Management Console. The Exchange Management Console window opens.
  2. In the Console tree, click Organization Configuration.
  3. In the Action pane, click Add Exchange Administrator.
  4. On the Add Exchange Administrator page, click Browse. Select the new user that you created, and then select Exchange Recipient Administrator role.
  5. Click Add.
  6. On the Completion page, click Finish.

Assigning administrator rights on Exchange Server 2010

You must assign Exchange Servers or Public Folder Management rights to the user on Exchange Server 2010.

Procedure

  1. Log on to Exchange server with Administrator privileges.
  2. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
  3. Expand the Tools.
  4. Click Active Directory Users and Computers.
  5. Expand Domain, click Microsoft Exchange Security Groups.
  6. Right-click Exchange Servers or Public Folder Management, then click Properties.
  7. In Exchange Servers Properties or Public Folder Management Properties window, go to Members and click Add.
  8. From the list of users, select the user that you want to add to the group, and click OK.
  9. Click OK.

Assigning administrator rights on Exchange Server 2013

You must assign Exchange Servers or Public Folder Management rights to the user on Exchange Server 2013.

Procedure

  1. Log on to Exchange server with Administrator privileges.
  2. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
  3. Expand the Tools.
  4. Click Active Directory Users and Computers.
  5. Expand Domain, click Microsoft Exchange Security Groups.
  6. Right-click Exchange Servers or Public Folder Management, then click Properties.
  7. In Exchange Servers Properties or Public Folder Management Properties window, go to Members and click Add.
  8. From the list of users, select the user that you want to add to the group, and click OK.
  9. Click OK.

Assigning administrator rights on Exchange Server 2016

You must assign Exchange Servers or Public Folder Management rights to the user on Exchange Server 2016.

Procedure

  1. Log on to Exchange server with Administrator privileges.
  2. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
  3. Expand the Tools.
  4. Click Active Directory Users and Computers.
  5. Expand Domain, click Microsoft Exchange Security Groups.
  6. Right-click Exchange Servers or Public Folder Management, then click Properties.
  7. In Exchange Servers Properties or Public Folder Management Properties window, go to Members and click Add.
  8. From the list of users, select the user that you want to add to the group, and click OK.
  9. Click OK.

What to do next

Make the user a local administrator of the computer where the Exchange Server is installed.