Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online

Topic Last Modified: 2013-01-22

Use the Add-MailboxPermission cmdlet to add permissions to a mailbox.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.

Syntax


`Add-MailboxPermission -Identity <MailboxIdParameter> -Owner <SecurityPrincipalIdParameter> <COMMON PARAMETERS>`


`Add-MailboxPermission -AccessRights <MailboxRights[]> -Identity <MailboxIdParameter> -User <SecurityPrincipalIdParameter> [-AutoMapping <$true \| $false>] [-Deny <SwitchParameter>] [-InheritanceType <None \| All \| Descendents \| SelfAndChildren \| Children>] <COMMON PARAMETERS>`


`Add-MailboxPermission -Instance <MailboxAcePresentationObject> [-AccessRights <MailboxRights[]>] [-AutoMapping <$true \| $false>] [-Deny <SwitchParameter>] [-Identity <MailboxIdParameter>] [-InheritanceType <None \| All \| Descendents \| SelfAndChildren \| Children>] [-User <SecurityPrincipalIdParameter>] <COMMON PARAMETERS>`


`COMMON PARAMETERS: [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-IgnoreDefaultScope <SwitchParameter>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]`

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example grants Kevin Kelly full access to Terry Adams’s mailbox.

Note:
The Identity parameter requires the full name of the user to be enclosed in quotation marks (").

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Add-MailboxPermission -Identity "Terry Adams" -User KevinKelly -AccessRights FullAccess -InheritanceType All

EXAMPLE 2

This example sets Tony Smith as the owner of the resource mailbox Room 222.

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Add-MailboxPermission -Identity "Room 222" -Owner "Tony Smith"

EXAMPLE 3

This example grants the user Mark Steele Full Access permission to Jeroen Cool's mailbox and disables the auto-mapping feature.

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Add-MailboxPermission -Identity JeroenC -User 'Mark Steele' -AccessRights FullAccess -InheritanceType All -AutoMapping $false

Detailed Description

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Permissions and delegation" entry in the Recipients Permissions topic.

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
AccessRights	Required	Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.MailboxRights[]	The AccessRights parameter specifies the rights needed to perform the operation. Valid values include: `FullAccess` `SendAs` `ExternalAccount` `DeleteItem` `ReadPermission` `ChangePermission` `ChangeOwner`
Identity	Required	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MailboxIdParameter	The Identity parameter specifies the identity of the mailbox that's getting permissions added. This parameter accepts the following values: `Alias` Example: JPhillips `Canonical DN` Example: Atlanta.Corp.Contoso.Com/Users/JPhillips `Display Name` Example: Jeff Phillips `Distinguished Name (DN)` Example: CN=JPhillips,CN=Users,DC=Atlanta,DC=Corp,DC=contoso,DC=com `Domain\Account` Example: Atlanta\JPhillips `GUID` Example: fb456636-fe7d-4d58-9d15-5af57d0354c2 `Immutable ID` Example: fb456636-fe7d-4d58-9d15-5af57d0354c2@contoso.com `Legacy Exchange DN` Example: /o=Contoso/ou=AdministrativeGroup/cn=Recipients/cn=JPhillips `SMTP Address` Example: Jeff.Phillips@contoso.com `User Principal Name` Example: JPhillips@contoso.com
Instance	Required	Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.MailboxAcePresentationObject	The Instance parameter is no longer used and will be deprecated.
Owner	Required	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.SecurityPrincipalIdParameter	The Owner parameter specifies the owner of the mailbox object.
User	Required	Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.SecurityPrincipalIdParameter	The User parameter specifies the user mailbox that the permissions are being granted to on the other mailbox.
AutoMapping	Optional	System.Boolean	The AutoMapping parameter specifies whether to ignore the auto-mapping feature in Microsoft Outlook. If a user is granted Full Access permissions to another user's mailbox or to a shared mailbox, Outlook, through Autodiscover, automatically loads all mailboxes to which the user has full access. This parameter accepts `$true` or `$false` values.
Confirm	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The Confirm switch can be used to suppress the confirmation prompt that appears by default when this cmdlet is run. To suppress the confirmation prompt, use the syntax `-Confirm:$False`. You must include a colon ( `:` ) in the syntax.
Deny	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The Deny switch specifies whether to deny permissions to the user on the mailbox.
DomainController	Optional	Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn	The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that writes this configuration change to Active Directory.
IgnoreDefaultScope	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The IgnoreDefaultScope parameter instructs the command to ignore the default recipient scope setting for the Exchange Management Shell session and use the entire forest as the scope. This allows the command to access Active Directory objects that aren't currently in the default scope. Using the IgnoreDefaultScope parameter introduces the following restrictions: You can't use the DomainController parameter. The command uses an appropriate global catalog server automatically. You can only use the DN for the Identity parameter. Other forms of identification, such as alias or GUID, aren't accepted.
InheritanceType	Optional	System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectorySecurityInheritance	The InheritanceType parameter specifies whether permissions are inherited by folders within the mailbox.
WhatIf	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	The WhatIf switch instructs the command to simulate the actions that it would take on the object. By using the WhatIf switch, you can view what changes would occur without having to apply any of those changes. You don't have to specify a value with the WhatIf switch.

Input Types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.

Return Types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.