Change the Assignment Policy on a Mailbox
Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2
You can change the management role assignment policy assigned to a mailbox. When you change a mailbox's assignment policy, the change takes effect as soon as the user refreshes the connection, such as the next time they log into their mailbox or open your mailbox options page. For more information about assignment policies in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, see Understanding Management Role Assignment Policies.
Looking for other management tasks related to end users? Check out Managing End Users.
Use the EMC to change the assignment policy on a mailbox
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Assignment policies" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.
In the console tree, navigate to Recipient Configuration > Mailbox.
In the result pane, select the user or resource mailbox you want to change the assignment policy on.
In the action pane, click Properties.
Select the Mailbox Settings tab.
Click Role Assignment Policy, and then click Properties.
Click Browse next to the Apply role assignment policy text box to see a list of available assignment policies. Select the role assignment you want to configure on this user or resource mailbox, and then click OK.
Use the Shell to change the assignment policy on a mailbox
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Assignment policies" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.
To change the assignment policy that's assigned to a mailbox, use the following syntax.
Set-Mailbox <mailbox alias or name> -RoleAssignmentPolicy <assignment policy>
This example sets the assignment policy to Unified Messaging Users on the mailbox Brian.
Set-Mailbox Brian -RoleAssignmentPolicy "Unified Messaging Users"
Use the Shell to change the assignment policy on a group of mailboxes assigned a specific assignment policy
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Assignment policies" entry in the Role Management Permissions topic.
Note
You can't use the Exchange Management Console (EMC) to change the assignment policy on a group of mailboxes all at once.
This procedure makes use of pipelining, the Where cmdlet, and the WhatIf parameter. For more information about these concepts, see the following topics:
If you want to change the assignment policy for a group of mailboxes that are assigned a specific policy, use the following syntax.
Get-Mailbox | Where { $_.RoleAssignmentPolicy -Eq "<assignment policy to find>" } | Set-Mailbox -RoleAssignmentPolicy <assignment policy to set>
This example finds all the mailboxes assigned to the Redmond Users - No Voicemail assignment policy and changes the assignment policy to Redmond Users - Voicemail Enabled.
Get-Mailbox | Where { $_.RoleAssignmentPolicy -Eq "Redmond Users - No Voicemail" } | Set-Mailbox -RoleAssignmentPolicy "Redmond Users - Voicemail Enabled"
This example includes the WhatIf parameter so that you can see all the mailboxes that would be changed without committing any changes.
Get-Mailbox | Where { $_.RoleAssignmentPolicy -Eq "Redmond Users - No Voicemail" } | Set-Mailbox -RoleAssignmentPolicy "Redmond Users - Voicemail Enabled" -WhatIf
For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Get-Mailbox or Set-Mailbox.
Other Tasks
After you change the assignment policy on a mailbox, you may also want to:
© 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.