I know this questions has been asked a million times before, but I thought
I'd take a chance and ask again, just in case someone has a 3rd Party
Utility or script that my help me out.

1. Is it possible (Supported or not) to set Delegates and/or MAPI Folder
permissions on Private Folders external to the Outlook Client (i.e. set said
permissions without connecting as the associated AD User to the Mailbox
using Outlook)
2. Is it possible to set the Default Delegate Permissions, so all new users
created can be allocated base-level Delegate/MAPI Folder permissions?

I've seen a lot of posts talking about using pfdavadmin and even mdbvu to
edit and alter permissions, but surely I'm not reinventing the wheel here -
I just want to give a set of users delegate access to view Calendars in a
hands-off manner for my Sysadmins.

Anyone with any ideas, I would be very grateful to hear from you

Regards,

B

Have you tried PFDavAdmin (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...-E2422C0AB424). It can manage mailbox folder permissions, as well as public folder permissions.

I know of no way to set default folder permissions.

Also, I think you are in danger of confusing delegate access with folder permissions. Folder permissions are just that -- the ability to view, edit, delete or some combination thereof in a particular folder. Delegate access includes two other features that you almost certainly do not want for everyone -- forwarding meeting and task requests to the delegate and ability for the delegate to send mail on behalf of the mailbox owner.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"BB" wrote in message ...
I know this questions has been asked a million times before, but I thought
I'd take a chance and ask again, just in case someone has a 3rd Party
Utility or script that my help me out.

1. Is it possible (Supported or not) to set Delegates and/or MAPI Folder
permissions on Private Folders external to the Outlook Client (i.e. set said
permissions without connecting as the associated AD User to the Mailbox
using Outlook)
2. Is it possible to set the Default Delegate Permissions, so all new users
created can be allocated base-level Delegate/MAPI Folder permissions?

I've seen a lot of posts talking about using pfdavadmin and even mdbvu to
edit and alter permissions, but surely I'm not reinventing the wheel here -
I just want to give a set of users delegate access to view Calendars in a
hands-off manner for my Sysadmins.

Anyone with any ideas, I would be very grateful to hear from you

Regards,

B