Public Folder permissions

Question

Hi, We use public folders extensively in 365 Exchange and it works very well. But one area that does not work well is managing folder permissions. The software seem to require each individual folder to be changed to make any access changes and it can take some time to do and would be practically impossible to do considering the number of folders we have. I was wondering if there was a quicker and more reliable way to make batch changes to public folder permissions. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Gerry.

Answer 1

Hi Gerry,

You can use PowerShell commands to add the public folder permissions.

Get-PublicFolderClientPermission "\My Public Folder"

This example retrieves the permissions for all users of \My Public Folder.

Add-PublicFolderClientPermission -Identity "\My Public Folder" -User Chris -AccessRights CreateItemsThis example adds permission for the user Chris to create items in the public folder My Public Folder.

An article for your reference: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124743%28v=exchg.160%29.aspx

Thanks,

Lance

Answer 2

Ok, thanks for your help.

Answer 3

Hi Gerry,

Simply speaking, remote PowerShell allows you to manage your Exchange Online settings from the command line. You can use Windows PowerShell on your local computer to create a remote PowerShell session to Exchange Online.

For more info, please refer to the link below:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj984289(v=exchg.160).aspx

Thanks,

Lance

Answer 4

Hi Lance,

Thank you for your reply. May I ask what is "PowerShell"? Is this a separate piece of software or is it part of Office 365? Thanks for your help.

Kind regards,

Gerry.

Answer 5

Hi Gerry,

Any update will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Lance