This article will show you how to configure Office 365 calendar permissions using three different approaches:
- Using Active Directory Users & Computers (with Easy365Manager)
- Using PowerShell
- Using Outlook
Configure Office 365 Calendar Permissions Using AD Users & Computers
By far, the easiest way to configure Office 365 calendar permissions is using AD Users & Computers with the Easy365Manager plugin.
Easy365Manager is a plugin for Active Directory Users & Computers that adds two new tabs to user properties and one new tab to group properties.
Starting with version 1.3, Easy365Manager now includes management of calendar permissions:
To view or configure calendar permissions, you open up user properties, select the Mailbox tab and click the Calendar Permissions button.
This opens up the Calendar Permissions form, where you can view, add, remove or reconfigure permissions on the user calendar.
You can set the permission level to any of the following available roles:
Mailbox Folder Roles
| Role Name | Permissions Included in Role |
|---|---|
| Author | CreateItems, DeleteOwnedItems, EditOwnedItems, FolderVisible, ReadItems |
| Contributor | CreateItems, FolderVisible |
| Editor | CreateItems, DeleteAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, EditAllItems, EditOwnedItems, FolderVisible, ReadItems |
| None | FolderVisible |
| NonEditingAuthor | CreateItems, FolderVisible, ReadItems |
| Owner | CreateItems, CreateSubfolders, DeleteAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, EditAllItems, EditOwnedItems, FolderContact, FolderOwner, FolderVisible, ReadItems |
| PublishingEditor | CreateItems, CreateSubfolders, DeleteAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, EditAllItems, EditOwnedItems, FolderVisible, ReadItems |
| PublishingAuthor | CreateItems, CreateSubfolders, DeleteOwnedItems, EditOwnedItems, FolderVisible, ReadItems |
| Reviewer | FolderVisible, ReadItems |
| AvailabilityOnly | (Calendar only) View only availability data |
| LimitedDetails | (Calendar only) View availability data with subject and location |
Using Easy365Manager makes your Office 365 license and mailbox management an integrated part of daily AD management.
With Easy365Manager, you no longer need to switch to PowerShell or the many diverse web consoles such as Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Exchange Admin Center, or the Azure Portal. Instead, you can manage everything inside Active Directory Users & Computers.
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Configure Office 365 Calendar Permissions Using PowerShell
Without Easy365Manager, you’re left with PowerShell. Unfortunately, Microsoft does not offer a graphical user interface to manage calendar permissions.
To complicate things further, you need to use two different PowerShell commands, depending on whether you’re assigning new permissions or modifying existing permissions(!).
But first, to view permissions, use the Get-MailboxFolderPermission command, e.g.:
Get-MailboxFolderPermission tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com:\Calendar(note that the calendar path must match the localized name of the Calendar)
The output might look similar to the following:
PS C:\> Get-MailboxFolderPermission tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com:\Calendar
FolderName User AccessRights SharingPermissionFlags
---------- ---- ------------ ----------------------
Calendar Default {LimitedDetails}
Calendar Anonymous {None}
Calendar Sales {Contributor} To add a new principal to the access list, use the Add-MailboxFolderPermission command:
Add-MailboxFolderPermission tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com:\Calendar -User hans.ussing@azure.skrubbeltrang.com -AccessRights ContributorTo edit the permissions of a principal already in the access list, use the Set-MailboxFolderPermission command:
Set-MailboxFolderPermission tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com:\Calendar -User sales@azure.skrubbeltrang.com -AccessRights LimitedDetailsTo remove the permissions of a principal in the access list, use the Remove-MailboxFolderPermission command:
Remove-MailboxFolderPermission tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com:\Calendar -User hans.ussing@azure.skrubbeltrang.comThe access of Tycho Brahe’s calendar now looks like this:
PS C:\skrubbeltrang\Consulting\Customers\Agema\NEP\PowerShell> Get-MailboxFolderPermission tycho.brahe@azure.skrubbeltrang.com:\Calendar
FolderName User AccessRights SharingPermissionFlags
---------- ---- ------------ ----------------------
Calendar Default {LimitedDetails}
Calendar Anonymous {None}
Calendar Sales {LimitedDetails} As seen in the above examples, you need to take care if you’re modifying or adding calendar permissions.
If you accidentally try to add permissions for an existing security principal, you’ll get the following error:
An existing permission entry was found for user: Sales.
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-MailboxFolderPermission], UserAlreadyExis...nEntryException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=DB6P189MB0390,RequestId=695957e5-c362-4aab-bd58-af6ab7802dc5,
TimeStamp=9/26/2021 6:10:19 PM] [FailureCategory=Cmdlet-UserAlreadyExistsInPermissionEntryException]
F7E2EB7E,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.StoreTasks.AddMailboxFolderPermission
+ PSComputerName : outlook.office365.com On the other hand, if you try to set permissions for a security principal with no existing permissions, you’ll see this error:
There is no existing permission entry found for user: Hans Ussing.
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-MailboxFolderPermission], UserNotFoundInPermissionEntryException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=DB6P189MB0390,RequestId=80ec4190-4980-47ed-9680-88a63a34075f,
TimeStamp=9/26/2021 6:18:04 PM] [FailureCategory=Cmdlet-UserNotFoundInPermissionEntryException]
F75A5C7D,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.StoreTasks.SetMailboxFolderPermission
+ PSComputerName : outlook.office365.com Configure Office 365 Calendar Permissions Using Outlook
You can also configure calendar access using Outlook but only for your own (or a delegated) mailbox.
Right-click the calendar icon in the bottom right corner and select “options” to edit the calendar access.
This will open up the calendar permissions:
You then get access to configure permissions on the calendar:
Summary
Configuring calendar permissions can be done with Easy365Manager, PowerShell, or Outlook.
Bulk changes can be made with PowerShell and Easy365Manager, as Easy365Manager allows multiple recipients to be selected and configured simultaneously.
For day-to-day management, Easy365Manager is the most convenient tool, as you don’t have to start a PowerShell console and choose between different commands based on the type of permissions you’re assigning.
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