Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online
Topic Last Modified: 2013-01-11
Use the Add-RoleGroupMember cmdlet to add members to a management role group.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.
Syntax
Add-RoleGroupMember -Identity
<RoleGroupIdParameter> -Member
<SecurityPrincipalIdParameter>
[-BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck <SwitchParameter>]
[-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-DomainController
<Fqdn>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]
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Examples
EXAMPLE 1
This example adds the user David to the role group Recipient Management.
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Add-RoleGroupMember "Recipient Management" -Member David |
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EXAMPLE 2
This example finds all the mailboxes that are part of the Sales department and adds them to the Sales and Marketing Group role group.
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Get-User -Filter { Department -Eq "Sales" -And RecipientType -Eq "UserMailbox" } | Get-Mailbox | Add-RoleGroupMember "Sales and Marketing Group"
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If you want to verify that the correct members will be added before committing changes, use the WhatIf parameter.
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Get-User -Filter { Department -Eq "Sales" -And RecipientType -Eq "UserMailbox" } | Get-Mailbox | Add-RoleGroupMember "Sales and Marketing Group" -WhatIf
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For more information about pipelining, and the WhatIf parameter, see the following topics:
EXAMPLE 3
This example adds the Training Assistants USG to the Training Administrators role group. Because the user running the command wasn't added to the ManagedBy property of the role group, the BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck switch must be used. The user is assigned the Role Management role, which enables the user to bypass the security group manager check.
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Add-RoleGroupMember "Training Administrators" -Member "Training Assistants" -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck |
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Detailed Description
When you add a member to a role group, that mailbox, universal security group (USG), or computer is given the effective permissions provided by the management roles assigned to the role group.
If the ManagedBy property has been populated with role group managers, the user adding a role group member must be a role group manager. Alternately, if the user is a member of the Organization Management role group or is directly or indirectly assigned the Role Management role, the BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck switch can be used to override the security group management check.
If the role group is a linked role group, you can't use the Add-RoleGroupMember cmdlet to add members to the role group. Instead, you need to add members to the foreign USG that's linked to the linked role group. To find the foreign USG that's linked to a role group, use the Get-RoleGroup cmdlet.
For more information about role groups, see Understanding Management Role Groups.
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 "Role groups" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.
Parameters
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Identity |
Required |
Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.RoleGroupIdParameter |
The Identity parameter specifies the role group to add a member to. If the role group name contains spaces, enclose the name in quotation marks ("). |
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Member |
Required |
Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.SecurityPrincipalIdParameter |
The Member parameter specifies the mailbox, USG, or computer to add to a role group. You can only specify one member at a time. If the member name contains spaces, enclose the name in quotation marks ("). |
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BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck |
Optional |
System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter |
The BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck switch enables a user who hasn't been added to the ManagedBy property to add a member to a role group. The user must be a member of the Organization Management role group or be assigned, either directly or indirectly, the Role Management role. |
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Confirm |
Optional |
System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter |
The Confirm switch causes the command to pause processing and requires you to acknowledge what the command will do before processing continues. You don't have to specify a value with the Confirm switch. |
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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. |
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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.