You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Management scopes" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.

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You can't use the EMC to change the name of a scope.

To change the name of a scope, use the following syntax.

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Set-ManagementScope <current scope name> -Name <new scope name>

This example changes the Seattle Servers scope to Seattle Exchange Servers.

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Set-ManagementScope "Seattle Servers" -Name "Seattle Exchange Servers"

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-ManagementScope.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Management scopes" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.

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You can't use the EMC to change a recipient filter on a scope.

To change the recipient filter on a scope, use the following syntax.

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Set-ManagementScope <scope name> -RecipientRestrictionFilter { <new recipient filter> }

This example changes the recipient filter to match all the recipient objects where the Company property is set to contoso.

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Set-ManagementScope "Company Scope" -RecipientRestrictionFilter { Company -eq 'contoso' }

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-ManagementScope.

For more information about recipient filters and to see a list of filterable recipient properties, see Understanding Management Role Scope Filters.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Management scopes" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.

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You can't use the EMC to change the organizational unit root on a scope.

To change the OU root on a scope, use the following syntax.

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Set-ManagementScope <scope name> -RecipientRoot <OU>

This example changes the OU root to the North America/Sales Sales Users OU under the contoso.com domain.

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Set-ManagementScope "Sales Users" -RecipientRoot "contoso.com/North America/Sales"

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-ManagementScope.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Management scopes" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.

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You can't use the EMC to change a server filter on a scope.

To change the server filter on a scope, use the following syntax.

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Set-ManagementScope <scope name> -ServerRestrictionFilter { <new server filter> }

This example changes the server filter to match all the server objects where the ServerSite property is set to 'CN=Redmond,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=contoso,DC=com'.

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Set-ManagementScope "Company Scope" -ServerRestrictionFilter { ServerSite -eq 'CN=Redmond,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=contoso,DC=com' }

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-ManagementScope.

For more information about server filters and to see a list of filterable server properties, see Understanding Management Role Scope Filters.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Management scopes" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.

You can't change the list of servers on a scope. If you need to change the server list, you need to do the following:

1. If needed, retrieve the current server list in the scope to be replaced by using the "View a specific scope" procedure in the View Role Scopes topic.
   
   
2. Create a scope with the new server list by using the "Step 1: Create a custom scope" procedure in the Create a Regular or Exclusive Scope topic.
   
   
3. Change all the management role assignments that use the old scope to use the new scope by using the "Use the Shell to change the server filter or list-based scope on a role assignment" procedure in the Change a Role Assignment topic.
   
   
4. Remove the old scope by using the procedure in the Remove a Role Scope topic.
   
   

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Management scopes" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.

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You can't use the EMC to change a database filter on a scope.

To change the database filter on a scope, use the following syntax.

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Set-ManagementScope <scope name> -DatabaseRestrictionFilter { <new database filter> }

This example changes the database filter to match all the database objects where the Name property contains the string "Executive".

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Set-ManagementScope "Database Executive Scope" -DatabaseRestrictionFilter { Name -Like "*Executive*" }

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-ManagementScope.

For more information about database filters and to see a list of filterable database properties, see Understanding Management Role Scope Filters.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Management scopes" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.

You can't change the list of databases on a scope. If you need to change the database list, you need to do the following:

1. If needed, retrieve the current database list in the scope to be replaced by using the "View a specific scope" procedure in the View Role Scopes topic.
   
   
2. Create a scope with the new database list by using the "Step 1: Create a custom scope" procedure in the Create a Regular or Exclusive Scope topic.
   
   
3. Change all the management role assignments that use the old scope to use the new scope by using the "Use the Shell to change the database filter or list-based scope on a role assignment" procedure in the Change a Role Assignment topic.
   
   
4. Remove the old scope by using the procedure in the Remove a Role Scope topic.