Making the Exchange Server user a local administrator
To access the Exchange Server data, the user that you created for the Microsoft Exchange Server agent must be a local administrator of the computer where the Exchange Server is installed.
Before you begin
About this task
Making the user a local administrator on Windows 2003 computer
You must make the user that you created for the Exchange Server a local administrator of the computer that runs on the Windows 2003 operating system, and where the Exchange Server is installed.
Procedure
- Right-click My Computer on the computer desktop and click Manage.
- Expand Local Users and Groups.
- Click Groups.
- Double-click Administrators to display the Administrators Properties window.
- Click Add.
- Select Entire Directory from the Look in list.
- Select the name of the user that you created and click Add.
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
Making the user a local administrator on Windows 2008 computer
You must make the user that you created for the Exchange Server a local administrator of the computer that runs on the Windows Server 2008 operating system, and where the Exchange Server is installed.
Procedure
- Click Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
- In the navigation pane, expand Configuration.
- Double-click Local Users and Groups.
- Click Groups.
- Right-click the group to which you want to add the user account, and then click Add to Group.
- Click Add and type the name of the user account.
- Click Check Names and then click OK.
Making the user a local administrator on Windows 2012 computer
You must make the user that you created for the Exchange Server a local administrator of the computer that runs on the Windows Server 2012 operating system and where the Exchange Server is installed.
Procedure
- Click Start> Server Manager.
- On the Server Manager dashboard page, click Tools > Computer Management.
- In the navigation pane of the Computer Management page, expand Local Users and Groups, and then click Users.
- From the users list, right-click the user to which you want to assign administrator rights, and click Properties.
- Click the Member Of tab, and click Add.
- On the Select Group page, type Administrators, and then click OK.
- Click Apply and OK.
Making the user a local administrator on Windows 2016 computer
You must make the user that you created for the Exchange Server a local administrator of the computer that runs on the Windows Server 2016 operating system and where the Exchange Server is installed.
Procedure
- Click Start> Server Manager .
- On the Server Manager dashboard page, click Tools > Computer Management .
- In the navigation pane of the Computer Management page, expand Local Users and Groups, and then click Users.
- From the users list, right-click the user to which you want to assign administrator rights, and click Properties.
- Click the Member Of tab, and click Add.
- On the Select Group page, type Administrators, and then click OK.
- Click Apply and OK.