IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Microsoft Applications, Version 6.3

Making the Microsoft Exchange Server user a local administrator

To access the Microsoft Exchange Server data, the user that you have created for the Microsoft Exchange Server agent must be a local administrator on the computer where the Microsoft Exchange Server is installed.

Before you begin

Create a Microsoft Exchange Server user.

About this task

This task provides information about making the user a local administrator of the computer.
Note: You can make a user a local administrator on a computer by different methods, such as use of group policies. Use the following procedure so that the Tivoli component software functions properly.
To make the user a local administrator on Exchange Server 2003, complete the following steps:
  1. Right-click My Computer on the computer desktop and click Manage.
  2. Expand Local Users and Groups.
  3. Click Groups.
  4. Double-click Administrators to display the Administrators Properties window.
  5. Click Add.
  6. Select Entire Directory from the Look in list.
  7. Select the name of the user that you created and click Add.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Click OK.
To make the user a local administrator on Exchange Server 2008, complete the following steps:
  1. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
  2. In the left pane, expand Configuration.
  3. Double-click Local Users and Groups.
  4. Click Groups.
  5. Right-click the group to which you want to add the user account, and then click Add to Group.
  6. Click Add and type the name of the user account.
  7. Click Check Names and then click OK.

What to do next

Create an MAPI profile for each user. For information about creating an MAPI profile, see Creating an MAPI profile for each server.
Parent topic: Agent-specific installation and configuration

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