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Exchange 2010: How to Give Send As and Send on Behalf Permission on Distribution Group

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 We will see how to give Send As and Send on Behalf Permission on a Distribution Group.

Both as a difference , for doing different purposes.

Lets see how to Give Send As Permission for a user on a distribution group:

Get-DistributionGroup “Distribution Group Name” | Add-AdPermission –ExtendedRights Send-As –User “UserName” –AccessRights ExtendedRight

For Example:

My Distribution Group Name = NormalDistribution

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User who needs to have Send As permission on the DistributionGroup = CEO.

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 Giving Send-As Permission for “CEO” User on “NormalDistribution” Group:

Get-DistributionGroup “NormalDistribution” | Add-AdPermission –ExtendedRights Send-As –User “CEO” –AccessRights ExtendedRight

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 It doesn’t take effect immediately. It takes at least 2 hours of time in the production environment.

Restarting Information Store Service will get this permission to effect immediately.

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Now Open Outlook – New Email – Options

Click From

Now You got the From above To

Now Choose From , Choose the Distribution Group you want to send As

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Now sending an Test Email to a User.

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Now lets see how to Give Send on Behalf Permission for a user on a distribution group:

Set-DistributionGroup “Distribution Group Name” –GrantSendonBehalfTo “UserAlias”

For Example:

My Distribution Group Name = NormalDistribution

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User who needs to have Send on Behalf Permission on the DistributionGroup = Chairman.

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Giving Send on Behalf Permission for “Chairman” User on “NormalDistribution” Group:

Set-DistributionGroup “NormalDistribution” –GrantSendonBehalfTo “Chairman”

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It doesn’t take effect immediately. It takes at least 2 hours of time in the production Environment.

Restarting Information Store Service will get this permission to effect immediately.

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Now Open Outlook – New Email – Options

Click From

Now You got the From above To

Now Choose From , Choose the Distribution Group you want to send As

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Now sending an Test Email to a User.

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Now Will See who was the Sender.