How to Grant Manage Full Access Permissions in Exchange Server 2010

We can grant full mailbox permissions to any user in Exchange Server 2010 so that he/she can log on to the other mailboxes and can access mailbox contents.

Note: Full Mailbox Permissions doesn’t grant the right to send mail on behalf of that user.

How to Grant Manage Full Access Permissions by using Exchange Management Console

1. Open the Exchange Management Console from the Start menu.
2. Click on Recipient Configuration.
3. Select any recipient from the work pane, right-click on it and click Manage Full Access Permission.
4. Select any user or group to which you want to grant the full access permission.

5. Click Finish on the Completion page to close the page.

 

How to grant Manage Full Access Permissions by using Shell

Here is the syntax of granting full access permission to one mailbox for a single user.

Add-MailboxPermission -Identity “<TargetMailbox>” -User <UserToGrantPermissionsTo> -AccessRights Fullaccess -InheritanceType all

In the below example, we have granted Administrators the full access permission on Sachin user.

Add-MailboxPermission -Identity Sachin -User Administrator -AccessRights Fullaccess -InheritanceType all

How to Remove Manage Full Access Permissions by using Shell

Remove-MailboxPermission -Identity “<TargetMailbox>” -User <UserToRemovePermissionsFor> -AccessRights Fullaccess -InheritanceType all

How to Grant Manage Full Access Permissions on all mailboxes

Get-Mailbox | Add-MailboxPermission -User <UserToGrantPermissionsTo> -AccessRights Fullaccess -InheritanceType all

How to Remove Manage Full Access Permissions on all mailboxes

Get-Mailbox | Remove-MailboxPermission -User Administrator -AccessRights Fullaccess -InheritanceType all