To configure Office 365 permissions, you can use the Exchange Admin Center or Easy365Manager.
There are three sets of permissions that you can assign to an Office 365 mailbox:
- Send As
- Send on Behalf
- Full Access
Additionally, you can delegate permissions on the Office 365 mailbox calendar.
Configure Office 365 Permissions Using Easy365Manager
Easy365Manager offers the best user experience and allows you to configure mailbox permissions directly from AD user properties.
Simply open up user properties and select the mailbox tab.
Here you’ll easily find the option to configure mailbox permissions and calendar permissions:
Clicking Mailbox Delegation will allow you to configure both send as, send on behalf, and full access permissions:
Notice that you can immediately see what permissions are assigned and if save to sent items is configured for both send as and send on behalf permissions.
Clicking Calendar Permissions will allow you to delegate access to the mailbox calendar:
Configure Office 365 Permissions Using Exchange Admin Center
With Exchange Admin Center, the interface is much more limited:
- You need to click on the Edit buttons to see the permissions assigned.
- You’re unable to configure save-to-sent-items, and you’re unable to configure Outlook auto-mapping.
- In addition, you’re unable to configure calendar permissions.
To configure save-to-sent-items, Outlook auto-mapping, and calendar permissions, you’ll have to run complex PowerShell scripts.
You’ll find the needed PowerShell scripts here:
Configure save-to-sent-items for send-as permissions
Configure save-to-sent-items for send-on-behalf permissions
Configure Outlook automapping for shared mailboxes
Add mailbox folder permissions (calendar permissions)
Modify mailbox folder permissions (calendar permissions)
Best Way to Manage Office 365 Permissions
As seen above, Easy365Manager offers a much more comprehensive and intuitive approach to Office 365 permission management relative to the Exchange Admin Center.
Easy365Manager does not require any infrastructure changes, and you can run it on any system with AD Users & Computers.
You can download, install, and configure the 30-day trial in less than three minutes.
Watch this on-demand webinar to get answers to the most common questions regarding Easy365Manager: