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Shared Mailbox - keep a folder private?
Is there a way to share a mailbox with another user via Add-MailboxPermission, and still keep a specific folder private? Explanation: I have a customer who has chosen to let each user see each o...
I forgot to mention that I can use
Add-MailboxFolderPermission Bob:\Inbox\private-stuff -User Peter - AccessRights none
But that does not help. Peter still can access the content of that folder.. Despite the following setting:
PS C:\> Get-MailboxFolderPermission Bob:\Inbox\private-stuff
FolderName User AccessRights
---------- ---- ------------ -------
private-stuff Standard {None}
private-stuff Anonym {None}
private-stuff Peter {None}
Add-MailboxFolderPermission Bob:\Inbox\private-stuff -User Peter - AccessRights none
But that does not help. Peter still can access the content of that folder.. Despite the following setting:
PS C:\> Get-MailboxFolderPermission Bob:\Inbox\private-stuff
FolderName User AccessRights
---------- ---- ------------ -------
private-stuff Standard {None}
private-stuff Anonym {None}
private-stuff Peter {None}
Nope. Full Access means Full access. Period.
Thanks Vasil,
So when wanting to share a mailbox and keep a certain folder still private, is there another server based method? Or do we have to keep using "open additional mailbox" in Outlook?
Daniel
The permissions are more important here, not the way you open the mailbox in Outlook. If you have Full access, any and all folders will be exposed and accessible for that user.
Then I see only the method of "open an additional mailbox" on the client. That way I can specifically assign permissions to each shared folder.
But in the meantime I am running into the 500 folder limit of Outlook 2016 anyway. I guess the unreliability of the customer's setup is rather based on that limit.
Daniel