Public folder permissions in exchange 2007

another way to do this is with PFDadmin tool thats free from microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=635BE792-D8AD-49E3-ADA4-E2422C0AB424&displaylang=en

you can connect to pf or mailboxes and grant and remove permissions easily.

is there not a way to do this without extra software or powershell?

That's correct. You can only manage PF permissions in Exchange 2007 using powershell, or download the GUI tool.

Shaun

Of course, you can also use Outlook to manage permissions if you are ok doing this on a folder by folder basis.

Shaun

  How can I use outlook to do this? when I rt click on the folder in outlook and go to properties, I do not have the option to add user pemissions?

You will need to be logged in with an account that is allowed to update permissions.

If you are using 2007 SP1 and above, you can make an account a Public Folder Administrator, which will give you the ability to amend permissions for users. note that this will also allow a high level of administrative rights and should not be applied to user accounts but only those that you wish to technically administrator the folder.

Otherwise, use the script in my blog post to give your account rights to administer the public folders. Note that you shoud create a Top Level Folder if possible, so that if you wish to propogate a set of permissions to all PF's, you only have one public folder to run the command against.

Shaun

  Shauncroucher:
   I have tried to use the powershell as you outlined above and I can't get it to work. Here is a screen shot, please tell me what I'm doing wrong or how it should look. Thanks! FYI, Vacation Calanders is the folder name but inside that there are individual calanders by department, I actually need to change only one of the calanders inside the Vacation calanders folder.

Almost!

No luck with Outlook then?

Add-PublicFolderClientPermissions -Identity "\TopLevelFolder_ifthere_is_one\Vacation Calandars\Department" -user Shaun -AccessRights Owner

This is a demonstration to add Shaun as an owner to a department folder. Of course, I don't know what your public folder tree looks like, so if you aren't sure what to put for the -identity, then run

Get-PublicFolder "\" -recurse and post.

Shaun

  I'm working on the powershell thing right now. As the outlook thing, I don't fully understand. I need more specific instructions. I have given the user the Public folder administrator right, and it still won't work.

So if you find the calendar, right click --> Properties --> Do you see the permissions tab?

How about if you login as administrator, open outlook --> right click calendar --> properties?

See figure 9 on this page: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Public-Folder-Basics-Part1.html

Shaun

  That must be the problem, I don't have a permissions tab. I'm a domain admin so I'm not sure why? It's Outlook 2003.

PFDavAdmin as noted previously is the other way of setting these, but powershell or Outlook should also work. That is unusual to not have the permissions tab for the domain admin account.

Can you make sure the account is a member of Public Folder administrators as well.

Shaun

  I have tried PFDavAdmin and it has errors when connecting. The account is also a member of Public Folder Administrators as well and they still cannot make changes. This folder was originally setup by a previous admin who is still the file owner if that matters, but I can make changes to it, but the user I'm trying to give access to still cannot for some reason?  Any ideas?

  Errors when trying the powershell as you outlined above? Am I typing something wrong?

  Worked perfect! Thanks!  
   After running that powershell command, the users permissions tab appeared in outlook? not sure exactly what permission causes that, but I mad the user the owner.  Anyway thanks!