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vDear
For many months (particularly since CU22/23 of Exchange 2016) I have noticed that Users can correctly create Public Folders in Outlook BUT the "Owner" permission is no longer added For the creator user of the folder. This makes it impossible for the creator of the Public Folder to rename or move it.
What could this be due to? Is it a By Design thing?
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Hi,
I tested in my lab (Exchange 2016 CU23) but could not reproduce this issue.
To narrow down this issue, would you share some more information on how did you assign permissions to users for them to create subfolders?
Thanks in advance for the update!
Just a question, when you create a Public Folder, is the user automatically added as owner to the folder permission?
See below default permission on the folder.
The second row, Has been added manually.
PF_Users has these rights:
I'd like that when a PF is created, the Creator is automatically assigned an Owner persmission
Thank you!
Thanks for the information!
I'd like that when a PF is created, the Creator is automatically assigned an Owner persmission
Based on my test, the creator should have the owner permission by default.
Please see following screenshots:
1.assign custom permission to user02 on the folder test in EAC
2.create a subfolder named sub01 in Outlook
3.check user02's permission of the subfolder in Outlook
4.check user02's permission of the subfolder in EAC
Thus to me it should work by default.
Dear
Do you confirm that on your side, this permission is automatically added in ALL the subfolders?
On my side no Owner permission is created neither adding the user on the parent folder he creates, nor on the subfolders.
Thank you
Hi,
Yes the owner permission is both on the parent folder and the child/sub folder.
What permission would the creator have on the folder he created if you check it in EAC?
None, no permission. The user can create the folder but no Owner permission is added for him
Thanks for the information.
Please have a check of the following settings in Exchange Management Shell:
Get-Mailbox –PublicFolder | Select Name,*Hierarchy*
Get-PublicFolderClientPermission "\<parent folder>" -User user1
Get-PublicFolderClientPermission "\<parent folder>\<subfolder>" -User user1
Hi @A Ska,
I am writing here to confirm with you how thing going now?
Please let us know if you would like further assistance.
Dear @Kael Yao-MSFT ,
See below details:
See Details about users:
User1 = An IT guy with Owner Permissions
User2 = End user that should be able to create folders AND rename them (because there should be an Onwer permission on created folders); AT THE MOMENT THIS USER CAN CREATE FOLDERS BUT NOT RENAME THEM
User3 = User member of the Supervisor group. This user at the moment can create and manage PFolders, BUT, another user with the same permissions cannot do it.
What I noticed in AD attributes is that User3 is the only to have (with User1 and Administrator) this attribute:
Any clue?
Thank you!
Thanks for the information!
AT THE MOMENT THIS USER CAN CREATE FOLDERS BUT NOT RENAME THEM
This may seem strange.
Please have a check of the permission user2 has on the subfolder he created.
If it is not owner, what permission does he have?
Get-PublicFolderClientPermission "\<parent folder>\<subfolder>" -User user2
Dears,
Just a follow up about the argument.
I added in the msExchPublicFolderMailbox attribute the Primary Public Fodler Mailbox (CN=Mailbox1....) and by doing it, the user is now added as owner to the just created Public folder; it seems that if this attribute isn't populated, the Owner permission is not added.
What do you think about this? @Kael Yao-MSFT can you please try and reproduce this behaviour in your test envirnonment?Thank you!