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RobertFormodi
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Aug 01, 2018

Exchange Online Delegated Access vs Application Impersonation

Hi All!   Our customer has many applications which use EWS communication with Exchange Online objects like for room mailboxes and user mailboxes. So far these application are used delegated access ...
  • Adam Ochs's avatar
    Aug 09, 2018

    Hello RobertFormodi,

     

    I think you are fine either way, and the application impersonation would not interfere with existing permissions or access (after all its just another type of access).

    Just assign application impersonation either using the default admin roles, or creating your own with just that role in Exchange Online. That should have no baring on anything else you are doing, and you should be good to go.

    If you wanted to be extra safe, create a new account to serve as the application impersonation account, independent from the other accounts which use delegate access, and setup the new service using the new user that you have granted application impersonation too. You would 100% be in the clear that way.

    Adam

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