hi In Exchange 2003, thedomain admins group in our enterprise were able to access other staff mailboxes by typing http://exchangeserver/exchange/username , this was required if a member of staff was ill and we needed to get into another users emails. We seem to have lost this ability in 2007, does anyone know how this functionality works in 2007? thanks

On Mon, 7-Sep-09 20:19:27 GMT, Ranjb wrote:>hi In Exchange 2003, the domain admins group in our enterprise were able to access other staff mailboxes by typing http://exchangeserver/exchange/username , this was required if a member of staff was ill and we needed to get into another users emails. We seem to have lost this ability in 2007, does anyone know how this functionality works in 2007? thanks If you need access to a mailbox why not just have an Exchange admingive you "Full Mailbox Access". When you're done, have them remove thepermission.nd Exchange admins (and members of other privilegedgroups) are explicitly prohibited from opening mailboxes. It was thatway in Exchange 2003, too. If it was working differently then it wassomething you did to remove the "Deny" ACE in the inheritedpermissions.---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

On Mon, 7-Sep-09 20:19:27 GMT, Ranjb wrote:>hi In Exchange 2003, the domain admins group in our enterprise were able to access other staff mailboxes by typing http://exchangeserver/exchange/username , this was required if a member of staff was ill and we needed to get into another users emails. We seem to have lost this ability in 2007, does anyone know how this functionality works in 2007? thanks Oh, BTW, if the CAS role isn't on the same machine as the MB role thenthe server name ("exchangeserver") in URL you mentioned won't work. role for OWA.Also, the /Exchange virtual directory is not correct if the mailbox islocated on an Exchange 2007 server. Use /Ows instead.---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP