Preparing the administration account for Exchange 2007

Last published : Apr 17, 2026
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
  1. Log on to the Exchange Server using administrator credentials.
  2. Click Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 > Exchange Management Shell.
  3. 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.
  1. Exit from the Exchange Management Shell.
  2. Initiate an Exchange PowerShell window.
  3. 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.