Applies to: Exchange Server 2007
Topic Last Modified: 2007-06-14

Use the Organization Configuration node to configure administrative access roles for users or groups. The result pane displays a list of identities that are configured as Exchange administrators, including the administrative role and scope assigned to them. In Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, these roles are called administrator roles and include the following:

Exchange Server Administrators
Exchange Organization Administrators group
Exchange Recipient Administrators group
Exchange View-Only Administrators group

The scope is displayed only for the Exchange Server Administrators role. If the role is Exchange Server Administrators, the scope is the Exchange servers to which that role applies. If the role is Exchange Organization Administrators, Exchange Recipient Administrators, or Exchange View-Only Administrators, the scope is the entire organization.

If you add the Exchange Server Administrators role to a user, that user inherits the permissions that are permitted by the Exchange Server Administrators role and the Exchange View-Only Administrators role.

For more information about the Exchange 2007 permissions model, see Permission Considerations.

The Organization Configuration node contains the following sub-nodes:

Mailbox Use this node to manage Mailbox server role settings that apply to your entire Exchange 2007 organization. You can maintain existing or create new address lists, managed custom folders, messaging records management (MRM) mailbox policies, and offline address books (OABs). For more information about the Mailbox node, see Organization Configuration > Mailbox (RTM).
Client Access Use this node to manage Client Access server role settings that apply to your entire Exchange 2007 organization. You can maintain existing or create new Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policies. For more information about the Client Access node, see Organization Configuration > Client Access Node (RTM).
Hub Transport Use this node to manage Hub Transport server role settings that apply to your entire Exchange 2007 organization. You can maintain existing or create new remote domains, accepted domains, e-mail address policies, transport rules, journal rules, send connectors, and Edge subscriptions. For more information about the Hub Transport node, see Organization Configuration > Hub Transport (RTM).
Unified Messaging Use this node to manage Unified Messaging (UM) server role settings that apply to your entire Exchange 2007 organization. You can maintain existing or create new UM dial plans, UM IP gateways, UM mailbox policies, and UM auto-attendants. For more information about the Unified Messaging node, see Organization Configuration > Unified Messaging (RTM).

When you select the Organization Configuration node, the following actions are available either by right-clicking Organization Configuration or by using the action pane.

Term	Definition
Modify Configuration Domain Controller	Click Modify Configuration Domain Controller to select the domain controller that you want to use for server and organization configuration.
Add Exchange Administrator	An Exchange administrator is a user or group that has the permissions to perform specific operations. These permissions are applied when the administrator is added to an Exchange administrator role. Click Add Exchange Administrator to configure a new Exchange administrator. The Add Exchange Administrator wizard will guide you through the steps for adding an administrator role to an Exchange user or group. You cannot use the Add Exchange Administrator wizard to simultaneously apply multiple roles. To apply additional roles to a user or group, run the Add Exchange Administrator wizard again or use the Add-ExchangeAdministrator cmdlet. For more information about this cmdlet, see Add-ExchangeAdministrator (RTM).
View	Click View in the action pane to modify how objects are displayed in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The following options are available: Add/Remove Columns Click Add/Remove Columns to select which columns you want to display in the result pane and to change the order. The available columns depend on the node that you select. The MMC automatically saves your settings. To revert to the default column view, click Restore Defaults in the Add/Remove Columns dialog box. Visual Effects Click Visual Effects to set the visual effects to be always on, never on, or automatic. Use the visual effects setting to configure how Exchange wizards are displayed. If your connection is slow when running wizards, you can increase performance by turning off visual effects. Use the Automatic setting to have the Exchange Management Console detect if your system should have visual effects turned on or off. Customize Click Customize to select the MMC components and snap-ins to display or hide. These settings apply to the entire MMC. For more information, see Customize View.

Term

Definition

Modify Configuration Domain Controller

Click Modify Configuration Domain Controller to select the domain controller that you want to use for server and organization configuration.

Add Exchange Administrator

An Exchange administrator is a user or group that has the permissions to perform specific operations. These permissions are applied when the administrator is added to an Exchange administrator role.
Click Add Exchange Administrator to configure a new Exchange administrator. The Add Exchange Administrator wizard will guide you through the steps for adding an administrator role to an Exchange user or group.
You cannot use the Add Exchange Administrator wizard to simultaneously apply multiple roles. To apply additional roles to a user or group, run the Add Exchange Administrator wizard again or use the Add-ExchangeAdministrator cmdlet. For more information about this cmdlet, see Add-ExchangeAdministrator (RTM).

View

Click View in the action pane to modify how objects are displayed in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The following options are available:

Add/Remove Columns

Click Add/Remove Columns to select which columns you want to display in the result pane and to change the order. The available columns depend on the node that you select.

The MMC automatically saves your settings. To revert to the default column view, click Restore Defaults in the Add/Remove Columns dialog box.
Visual Effects

Click Visual Effects to set the visual effects to be always on, never on, or automatic. Use the visual effects setting to configure how Exchange wizards are displayed. If your connection is slow when running wizards, you can increase performance by turning off visual effects. Use the Automatic setting to have the Exchange Management Console detect if your system should have visual effects turned on or off.
Customize

Click Customize to select the MMC components and snap-ins to display or hide. These settings apply to the entire MMC.

For more information, see Customize View.

For More Information

For more information about managing Exchange administrator roles, see How to Add a User or Group to an Administrator Role.
For more information about the Add-ExchangeAdministrator cmdlet, see Add-ExchangeAdministrator (RTM).
For more information about the actions available when you select an Exchange administrator, see Organization Configuration > Exchange Administrators (RTM).