Granting Mailbox Rights

For Exchange 2007/2010 Mailbox:

Method 1:

Step 1:
Open the Exchange Management Console. Choose the Mailbox for which you want to grant permission. Right-click and select the 'Manage Full Access Permission' menu option.

Step 2:
In the 'Manage Full Access Permission' screen, grant full access to the Domain Admins user and click the 'Manage' button.

Step 3:
Click 'Finish' to complete the operation.

Open the Exchange 2007/2010 management shell and enter the following syntax:
Add-MailboxPermission - identity <mailbox name> - accessRights fullAccess - User "<Domain name>\Domain Admins"

Example: To grant full access to the Mailbox 'Adams'.
Add-MailboxPermission - identity Adams - accessRights fullAccess - User "MyWorld\Domain Admins"

Note: To perform Exchange 2007/2010 Brick-Level Backup, install the standalone version of MAPI from the Microsoft site. Download Standalone version of MAPI

For Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 Mailbox:

Note: You must have the appropriate Exchange administrative permissions to do so.

Step 1:
Start 'Active Directory Users and Computers'.

Step 2:
On the 'View' menu, ensure that the 'Advanced Features' check box is selected.

Note: This is not necessary on Exchange Server 2003 as the 'Exchange Advanced tab' is exposed by default.

Step 3:
Right-click on the user for whose mailbox you want to grant permission and choose 'Properties'.

Step 4:
On the 'Exchange Advanced' tab, click 'Mailbox Rights…'

Step 5:
Notice that the 'Domain Admins' and 'Enterprise Admins' have both been given 'Full Mailbox access'.

Step 6:
Click 'Add' and then click on the user/group for which you want to grant access to this mailbox and click 'OK'.

Step 7:
Ensure that the user/group is selected in the 'Name' box.

Step 8:
In the 'Permissions list', click 'Allow' next to 'Full mailbox access' and click 'OK'.

Step 9:
Click 'OK' to finish.

Granting rights to mailboxes located within a specific mailbox store

Listed below is the procedure to grant access to Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 mailboxes found on a specific mailbox store.

Note: You must have the appropriate Exchange administrative permissions to do so.

Step 1:
Start 'Exchange System Manager'.

Step 2:
Go to your server object within the appropriate Administrative Group. Expand the server object and locate the required mailbox store within the appropriate 'Storage Group'. Right-click and choose the 'Properties' option.

Step 3:
On the 'Properties' window click the 'Security' tab.

Step 4:
Click 'Add' and then click on the user/group for whom you want to grant access to the mailboxes and click 'OK'.

Step 5:
Ensure that the user/group is selected in the 'Name' box.

Step 6:
On the 'Permissions' list, click 'Allow' next to 'Full Control' and then click 'OK'.

Note: Ensure that no 'Deny' checkbox is selected next to the 'Send As' and 'Receive As permissions' options.

Step 7:
Click 'OK' to finish

Granting rights to the mailboxes located on a specific server

Listed below is the procedure to grant access to Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 mailboxes found on a specific server:

Note: You must have the appropriate Exchange administrative permissions to proceed.

Step 1:
Start Exchange System Manager.

Step 2:
Go to your server object within the appropriate 'Administrative Group'. Right-click and choose 'Properties'.

Step 3:
On the 'Properties' screen go to the 'Security' tab.

Step 4:
Click 'Add' and then click on the user/group for which you want to grant access to the mailboxes and click 'OK'.

Step 5:
Ensure that the user/group is selected in the 'Name' box.

Step 6:
On the 'Permissions' list, click 'Allow' next to 'Full Control' and then click 'OK'.

Note: Ensure that no 'Deny' checkbox is selected next to the 'Send As' and 'Receive As permissions' options.

Step 7:
Click 'OK' to finish.