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How to Give Permission to a Client to Create Top Level Public Folder (Root Public Folder Tree) in Exchange 2010

By Satheshwaran Manoharan

August 13, 2012

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If you want to give a Permission for a User to Create a Root PF folder

RBAC doesn’t have that option , so we got to give that manually in Active Directory

Lets say am using OWA to Create Public Folder (PF)

Create New Folder – > Mail folder

You will end up with this Error while Creating Public Folders

Error : You don’t have permission to Perform this action

Logon to Adsiedit.msc

Click Start, Run, Type ADSIEdit.msc
Expand the following items:Configuration Container
CN=Configuration, DC=Domain_Name,DC=com
CN=Services
CN=Microsoft Exchange
CN=Your_Organization_Name
CN=Administrative Groups
CN=Your_Administrative_Group_Name
CN=Folder Hierarchies
Right Click on CN=Public Folders – Properties

Click on ADD – Type the User you want to add – Click ok

Create Public Folder “Allow”

Create Top level Public Folder “Allow”

Apply & ok

Now User able to Create Top Level Public Folder (Root Public Folder Tree)

Great !!

8 COMMENTS

Gabriel Martinez January 4, 2013 At 4:59 pm

Hi! Great post.

I’m facing a different problem with public folders, and i hope you could help me. I would like users to be able to see a public folders and list contents (Reviewer), but disable the option to “Copy Folder” that appears in OWA. Through Outlook this option is disabled, but in OWA is permitted.

Have you ever encountered this problem?

Thank you in advance,
Gabriel Martínez

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- Satheshwaran Manoharan January 16, 2013 At 12:19 pm
  
  I don’t think we can restrict that. ADRMS might have a solution for that !
  
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Ahmed January 16, 2013 At 10:52 am

Thanks for this great helping acrticle i used it with Exchange 2003.

Thanks again sharing knowledge with other and making life easire.

Regards,
Ahmed

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- Satheshwaran Manoharan January 16, 2013 At 10:59 am
  
  Thank you for your Comments Ahmed !!
  
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Hemant M February 22, 2013 At 5:43 am

Hi,
I tried the settings suggested by you, it works as a charm, but my question is once this setting is in place what about mail enabled public folder does mail enabled public folder will accept messages from my domain as well as external domain.
how this setting will be affected for mail enalbled public folder mail flow.

Thank you
HM

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- Satheshwaran Manoharan February 22, 2013 At 10:29 am
  
  Hi Hemant,
  
  Its not going to affect any function of Mail Enabled Public Folders.
  
  It will work without any issues. It should accept messages from internal and External.
  
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Nguy?n V?n Hai November 16, 2014 At 7:34 am

Tks very much

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