Hello, I have a need to give some limited mail admin capabilities to some of our IT staff. Basically, I want them to be able to do things like modify mailbox permissions, change email addresses, and set forwarding settings, but only for users in the OU that they are designated to manage. can some one point me towards a list of AD attributes or other permissions settings that would relate to exchange mailboxes so I can build a policy that will suit my organizations needs? thanks Christiaan

HI,Per my knowledge Forwarding settings, change email address actually are saved in user ad objects. You can give permissions to change attribute for the users. Use ADSIedit.msc to delegate permissions.Hope this helpsregards Chinthaka Shameera | MCITP: EA | MCSE: M | http://howtoexchange.wordpress.com/

It is nicelydocumented in couple of TechNet articles to split the permissions as per your own organizational permission model... Planning and Implementing a Split Permissions Model http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232100.aspx Split Permissions Model Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb430782.aspxAmit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA | MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com

One thing to keep in mind that the new permissions model in Exchange 2010 called Role Based Access Control (RBAC) allows you to define OU scopes within its own permissions model so you don't have to do what is listed in that article. <3 RBAC!MVP | MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator | MCTS: OCS + Voice Specialization | http://www.shudnow.net

One thing to keep in mind that the new permissions model in Exchange 2010 called Role Based Access Control (RBAC) allows you to define OU scopes within its own permissions model so you don't have to do what is listed in that article. <3 RBAC! MVP | MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator | MCTS: OCS + Voice Specialization | http://www.shudnow.net Absolutely agree!Amit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA | MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com

Here is one nice article by Bharat Suneja. I guess this will suits your reqs http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2008/02/how-to-delegate-recipient.html Vinod |CCNA|MCSE 2003 +Messaging|MCTS|ITIL V3|