Applies to: Exchange Server 2013

Topic Last Modified: 2012-09-21

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:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

    Note:
    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.

Note:
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.

Client Access server permissions

You can configure any of the following features for the Client Access server.

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

Client Access server array settings

Organization Management

Server Management

Client Access server management settings

Server Management

Client Access server security settings

Server Management

Client Access server settings

Server Management

Client Access server user settings

Server Management

Client Access service email channel settings

Organization Management

Server Management

Client Access user settings

Server Management

Reset Client Access virtual directories

Organization Management

Server Management

RPC Client Access settings

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Exchange ActiveSync permissions

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

Exchange ActiveSync Autoblock settings

Organization Management

Exchange ActiveSync device settings

Recipient Management

Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policy settings

Organization Management

Server Management

Exchange ActiveSync security settings

Organization Management

Server Management

Exchange ActiveSync server settings

Organization Management

Server Management

Exchange ActiveSync settings

Organization Management

Server Management

Exchange ActiveSync user settings

Recipient Management

Exchange ActiveSync virtual directory settings

Organization Management

Server Management

Mobile device mailbox policy settings

Organization Management

Server Management

Mobile device user settings

Organization Management

Server Management

Recipient Management

Autodiscover permissions

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

Autodiscover service configuration settings

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Delegated Setup

Hygiene Management

Autodiscover service site affinity

Organization Management

Server Management

Autodiscover virtual directory settings

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Delegated Setup

Hygiene Management

Test Autodiscover service connectivity

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Availability service permissions

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

Availability service address space settings

Organization Management

View-Only Organization Management

Availability service configuration settings

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Client throttling permissions

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

Client throttling settings

Organization Management

View-Only Organization Management

Exchange Web Services permissions

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

Exchange Web Services virtual directory settings

Organization Management

Test Exchange Web Services

Organization Management

Server Management

Test Outlook Web Services

Organization Management

Outlook Anywhere permissions

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

Authentication for Outlook Anywhere

Organization Management

Server Management

Outlook Anywhere configuration (enable, disable, change, view)

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Delegated Setup

Hygiene Management

RPC over HTTP Proxy component

Local Server Administrator

SSL for Outlook Anywhere

ISA Server Enterprise Administrator

SSL offloading for Outlook Anywhere

Organization Management

Server Management

Test Outlook Anywhere connectivity

Organization Management

View-Only Organization Management

Server Management

Outlook Web App permissions

You can use the following features to view Outlook Web App settings, control security and user access to Outlook Web App, and test Outlook Web App 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

Graphics editor

Local Server Administrator

IIS Manager

Local Server Administrator

ISA Server 2006

ISA Server Enterprise Administrator

Outlook Web App mailbox policies

Organization Management

Recipient Management

Outlook Web App virtual directories

Organization Management

Server Management

Registry Editor

Local Server Administrator

Test Outlook Web App connectivity

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Text editor

Local Server Administrator

View Outlook Web App mailbox policies

Organization Management

Recipient Management

View-Only Organization Management

Delegated Setup

Hygiene Management

View Outlook Web App virtual directories

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Delegated Setup

Hygiene Management

POP3 and IMAP4 permissions

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

IMAP4 settings

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

POP3 settings

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Test IMAP4 settings

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Test POP3 settings

Organization Management

Server Management

View-Only Organization Management

Windows PowerShell virtual directory permissions

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

Test Windows PowerShell

Organization Management

Windows PowerShell settings

Organization Management

Text Messaging permissions

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

Text messaging notification settings

Recipient Management

Text messaging settings

Recipient Management

Text messaging user settings

Recipient Management