How to Enable or Disable Outlook Web Access for a Mailbox User

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01/23/2017

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP3

This topic explains how to use the Exchange Management Console and the Exchange Management Shell to enable or disable Microsoft Outlook Web Access for a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 mailbox user.

Before You Begin

To perform this procedure, the account you use must be delegated the following:

Exchange Recipient Administrator role

For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Exchange Server 2007, see Permission Considerations.

Procedure

To use the Exchange Management Console to enable or disable a mailbox for Outlook Web Access

Start the Exchange Management Console.
In the console tree, expand Recipient Configuration, and then click Mailbox.
In the result pane, select the mailbox for which you want to enable or disable Outlook Web Access.
In the action pane, under the mailbox name, click Properties.
In <Mailbox Name> Properties, on the Mailbox Features tab, click Outlook Web Access.
Depending upon whether you want the mailbox user to have access to Outlook Web Access, click Enable or Disable.

To use the Exchange Management Shell to enable or disable a mailbox for Outlook Web Access

Run the following command to enable Outlook Web Access for the user john@contoso.com:
```
Set-CASMailbox -Identity john@contoso.com -OWAEnabled $true
```
Run the following command to disable Outlook Web Access for the user john@contoso.com:
```
Set-CASMailbox -Identity john@contoso.com -OWAEnabled $false
```

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see the Set-CASMailbox reference topic.

For More Information

For more information about the Exchange Management Shell, see Using the Exchange Management Shell.

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