You can't change the ownership of a distribution group in Exchange Server 2010 SP1

Original KB number:   2675738

Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

• You install Exchange Server 2010 SP1.
• You start the Exchange Management Console (EMC).
• You create a distribution group.
• You view the properties of the distribution group.
• On the Group Information tab, you try to add a user to the Managed by group.

In this scenario, you may receive an error message that resembles the following one:

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

Note

This issue doesn't occur in Exchange Server 2010.

Cause

This issue occurs because the EMC cmdlet doesn't include the -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck parameter.

Workaround

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

1. Run the following Exchange Management Shell (EMS) command in which dl_name is the name of the distribution group, and user_name is the name of the user whom you want to add:

   Set-DistributionGroup -Identity dl_name -ManagedBy user_name -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck
   

2. Force Active Directory Domain Services replication.

3. Open the EMC, and verify that the user was granted ownership of the distribution list.

References

Change the Ownership of a Distribution Group