Preparing the administration account for Exchange 2007
For Exchange 2007, the Folder Sync service account must also act as the Exchange administration account.
The account requires the Exchange View-Only Administrator role and the Exchange Impersonation role on each Exchange Server that Folder Sync is to process.
To prepare the administration account for Exchange 2007
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Log on to the Exchange Server using administrator credentials.
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Click Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 > Exchange Management Shell.
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Enter the following command to assign the Exchange View-Only Administrator role to the Folder Sync service account.
Add-ExchangeAdministrator -Role ViewOnlyAdmin -Identity domain\ "Service Account"
where
Service Account is the name of the Folder Sync service account.
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Exit from the Exchange Management Shell.
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Initiate an Exchange PowerShell window.
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Enter the following PowerShell command to grant the Exchange Impersonation role to the Folder Sync service account:
Get-MailboxDatabase | ForEach-Object {Add-ADPermission -Identity $_.DistinguishedName -User Service Account -ExtendedRights ms-Exch-EPI-May-Impersonate}
where
Service Account is the name of the Folder Sync service account.
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