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March 27, 2002 12:00 AM

Outlook: Using a Security Group to Create Public Folder Permissions

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I created a security group in Active Directory (AD), but I can't use it to set permissions on an Exchange 2000 Server public folder. In Outlook, when I click Add on the folder's Permissions tab, all I can see are users and distribution groups. What am I missing?

Try using Exchange System Manager (ESM) instead of Outlook to set the folder permissions. When you're on the Permissions tab for the folder, click Directory Rights, and you'll see your security group.

If you're running AD in native mode, you can also use a Universal Distribution Group, which lets you set client permissions as you would with other mail-enabled users. The Microsoft article "XADM: You Cannot Add a Distribution Group to Permissions of a Public Folder in Exchange 2000" (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?sid=kb;en-us;q274046) explains the process. For more information about distribution lists, see Jason Seim, "Distribution Lists in Exchange 2000," February 2002, InstantDoc ID 23480.

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  • labergeIT
    4 years ago
    Oct 16, 2008

    The answer does not address the original issue - Active Directory security groups can be seen in ESM in the Directory Rights dialog box, but adding security groups in Directory Rights does not produce the needed result of having the security group available for Client Permissions. I still need to know how to use AD security groups in Client Permissions.

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