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

Create an Exchange Server user.

About this task

Use one of the following procedures to make the user a local administrator:

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

  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.

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

  1. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
  2. In the navigation 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.

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

  1. Click Start> Server Manager.
  2. On the Server Manager dashboard page, click Tools > Computer Management.
  3. In the navigation pane of the Computer Management page, expand Local Users and Groups, and then click Users.
  4. From the users list, right-click the user to which you want to assign administrator rights, and click Properties.
  5. Click the Member Of tab, and click Add.
  6. On the Select Group page, type Administrators, and then click OK.
  7. 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

  1. Click Start> Server Manager .
  2. On the Server Manager dashboard page, click Tools > Computer Management .
  3. In the navigation pane of the Computer Management page, expand Local Users and Groups, and then click Users.
  4. From the users list, right-click the user to which you want to assign administrator rights, and click Properties.
  5. Click the Member Of tab, and click Add.
  6. On the Select Group page, type Administrators, and then click OK.
  7. Click Apply and OK.