I'm looking at an Exchange 2003 server on a SBS DC. ESM only shows recipients and tools. I'm assuming system policy is applied. When I right click the organization, show admin groups is checked but grayed out. The problem is I have to administer this instance, there are no other instances on the network as far as I know. There is one other DC. Where could this policy be applied from? Perhaps someone has installed management tools on another workstation? How would I tell? thanksBits of Fury

On Wed, 16-Sep-09 13:56:00 GMT, attrib75 wrote:>I'm looking at an Exchange 2003 server on a SBS DC. ESM only shows recipients and tools. I'm assuming system policy is applied. When I right click the organization, show admin groups is checked but grayed out. The problem is I have to administer this instance, there are no other instances on the network as far as I know. There is one other DC. Where could this policy be applied from? Perhaps someone has installed management tools on another workstation? How would I tell? thanks>Bits of Fury ermissions on the AdministrativeGroups and Global Settings containers in the AD configurationcontainer. Is your user-id delegated the role of (at leat) ExchangeView-Only Administrator? How about Exchange Full Administrator?---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Yes this is surely permission issue. See below article. Overview of Exchange administrative role permissions in Exchange 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823018 Vinod |CCNA|MCSE 2003 +Messaging|MCTS|ITIL V3|

Thanks, yes someone had applied permissions to my account, I had them removed. Bits of Fury