DL permissions

Question

I have a distribution lists (DL) in Exchange Online and Exchange onprem, and I would like to assign the following permissions using PowerShell. Could you please guide me with the correct PowerShell syntax?

Send As
Send on Behalf

Answer 1

Hi Rising Flight,

 

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1. For on-prem Exchange distribution group, you could try the following command.

Send As: Add-ADPermission -Identity "group_name" -User delegate_user -ExtendedRights "Send As"

Send on behalf: Set-DistributionGroup -Identity "group_name" -GrantSendOnBehalfTo delegate_user

For more details about the command in on-prem Exchange, please check:

Use the Exchange Management Shell to assign the Send As permission to mailboxes and groups

Use the Exchange Management Shell to assign the Send on Behalf permission to mailboxes and groups

1. For Exchange Online distribution group, you could try the following command.

Send As: Add-RecipientPermission -Identity "group_name" -Trustee "delegate_user" -AccessRights SendAs

Send on behalf: Set-DistributionGroup -Identity "group_name" -GrantSendOnBehalfTo delegate_user

For more details about the command in Exchange Online, please check:

Use Exchange Online PowerShell to assign the Send As permission to mailboxes and groups

Use Exchange Online PowerShell to assign the Send on behalf permission to mailboxes and groups

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