You don't have sufficient permissions

Rising Flight 5,216 Reputation points
2024-11-06T05:25:52.5466667+00:00

Hi All

i am using exchange 2016 hybrid environment. i have a mail enabled security group in exchange onprem lets say ******@contoso.com. when i am trying to add one user as a owner lets say user1 i am getting the below error.

You don't have sufficient permissions. This operation can only be performed by a manager of the group.

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  1. Andy David - MVP 157.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-11-06T10:26:54.98+00:00

    Use powershell and bypass the manager requirement

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/update-distributiongroupmember?view=exchange-ps

    Update-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "Research Reports" -Members @contoso.com,@contoso.com,@contoso.com,@contoso.com -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-06T07:43:03.24+00:00

    Hi,@Rising Flight

    Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

    Based on your description, you seem to be experiencing permission issues.I checked the official documentation, which provides two solutions.1.You may lack the following permissions:

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    2.Add yourself to the attribute ManagedBy

    You can refer to this link for the exact method:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/troubleshoot/groups-and-distribution-lists/no-sufficient-permissions-moving-dg?source=recommendations


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