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Listing Public Folder Permissions with PowerShell

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We started off class this morning in a Q&A session.  One of the questions was how to get the public folder permissions on an Exchange Server.  In this example, Exchange Server 2013 is being used.

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Get-PublicFolder -Recurse |

    Get-PublicFolderClientPermission

Line 1 Gathers all of the Public folder objects, including subfolders.

Line 2 Gathers the user rights on each public folder and then displays them

FolderName           User                 AccessRights                                                     

----------           ----                 ------------                                                     

IPM_SUBTREE          Default              {Author}                                                         

IPM_SUBTREE          Anonymous            {None}                                                           

Folder1              Default              {Author}                                                         

Folder1              Anonymous            {None}                                                           

Folder2              Default              {Author}                                                         

Folder2              Anonymous            {None}                                                           

FolderA              Default              {Author}                                                         

FolderA              Anonymous            {None}                                                           

Folder1A             Default              {Author}                                                         

Folder1A             Anonymous            {None}                                                           

Folder2A             Default              {Author}                                                         

Folder2A             Anonymous            {None}                                                           

FolderB              Default              {Author}                                                         

FolderB              Anonymous            {None}       

 

According to the Add-PublicFolderClientPermissions cmdlet help file, here are the access rights that can be assigned.

Access Right Description
ReadItems The user has the right to read items within the specified public folder.
CreateItems The user has the right to create items within the specified public folder.
EditOwnedItems

The user has the right to edit the items that the user owns in the specified public folder.

DeleteOwnedItems

The user has the right to delete items that the user owns in the specified public folder.

EditAllItems The user has the right to edit all items in the specified public folder.
DeleteAllItems The user has the right to delete all items in the specified public folder.
CreateSubfolders The user has the right to create subfolders in the specified public folder.
FolderOwner The user is the owner of the specified public folder. The user has the right to view and move the public folder and create subfolders. The user can't read items, edit items, delete items, or create items.
FolderContact The user is the contact for the specified public folder.
FolderVisible The user can view the specified public folder, but can't read or edit items within the specified public folder.

 

You can also create rights based on roles.

Role Access Rights
None FolderVisible
Owner CreateItems, ReadItems, CreateSubfolders, FolderOwner, FolderContact, FolderVisible, EditOwnedItems, EditAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, DeleteAllItems
PublishingEditor CreateItems, ReadItems, CreateSubfolders, FolderVisible, EditOwnedItems, EditAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, DeleteAllItems
Editor CreateItems, ReadItems, FolderVisible, EditOwnedItems, EditAllItems, DeleteOwnedItems, DeleteAllItems
PublishingAuthor CreateItems, ReadItems, CreateSubfolders, FolderVisible, EditOwnedItems, DeleteOwnedItems
Author CreateItems, ReadItems, FolderVisible, EditOwnedItems, DeleteOwnedItems
NonEditingAuthor CreateItems, ReadItems, FolderVisible
Reviewer ReadItems, FolderVisible
Contributor CreateItems, FolderVisible
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