Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2012-11-16

Use the Get-MailboxFolderPermission cmdlet to view the folder-level permissions for a folder or a specific user's permissions for a folder.

Syntax

Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity <MailboxFolderIdParameter> [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-User <MailboxFolderUserIdParameter>]

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 "Mailbox folder" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

Parameters

Parameter Required Type Description

Identity

Required

Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MailboxFolderIdParameter

The Identity parameter specifies the mailbox and folder for which you want to view permissions. This parameter takes the following format: <SMTP Address or Alias of the mailbox>:<Folder path>, for example, john@contoso.com:\Calendar.

DomainController

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn

The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that retrieves data from Active Directory.

User

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Management.StoreTasks.MailboxFolderUserIdParameter

The User parameter specifies who's granted permission to view or modify folder contents of the user and folder specified in the Identity parameter. You can use the following values:

  • Alias

  • SMTP address

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.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example returns the current list of user permissions for John's Reports mailbox folder under the Marketing folder.

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Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity john@contoso.com:\Marketing\Reports

EXAMPLE 2

This example returns the permissions that Ayla has to view John's Marketing Reports folder.

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Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity john@contoso.com:\Marketing\Reports -User Ayla@contoso.com