BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck

Question

Hi All

I have using exchange 2016 hybrid environment, i have mail enabled security group in exchange onprem lets say group1@Company portal .com, i want to remove user1 from the ownership and add user2 as the new owner. I am getting below error from GUI.
You don't have sufficient permissions. This operation can only be performed by a manager of the group

Will the below syntax work for mail enabled security group.

Set-DistributionGroup group1@Company portal .com -ManagedBy @{Add="user2@Company portal .com"} -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck
Set-DistributionGroup group1@Company portal .com -ManagedBy @{Remove="user1@Company portal .com"} -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck

Answer 1

Yes, it will work. You can always run the cmdlet with the -WhatIf switch to confirm what will happen, without actually performing the change.

Answer 2

@Glenn Maxwell

When you use a non-owner account to manage the owner list, you need use "-BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck" parameter. Otherwise, you will need to use this owner to manage this group(promote this account to admin).

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