I have installed a plain vanilla exchange 2010 rtm -> SP1 -> RU1 and created a new public folder database. I am logging in from a PC with Outlook 2010 logged on as administrator. I have attached a .pst file that is an earlier exported public folder database from ex 2003. When trying to copy the folder hierarchy from the pst file to the Public folders within Outlook I get access denied errors. I have tried several things: add-publicfolderadministrativepermission -user administrator -identity "\" -accessrights allextendedrights -inheritencetype all When using PFDAVAdmin to replicate folder acl down the folder hierarchy I am able to fill a folder with items, but when creating a new folder it inherets the security setting from the public folder tree root. That is Default -> none AND Anonymous - > none. What am I missing here? Regards Henning

Rather than use administrator, manage Exchange with a regular mailbox-enabled account that has the necessary rights. PFDAVADMIN does not work with Exchange 2010. Use ExFolders to replicate client permissions. http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/12/04/453399.aspx

I am using ExFolders to accomplish the replication, that was what I should have written. Still, when creating new folders in the hierarchy it does not inherit rights from parent folder but from root of the public folder hierarchy hence only default - none AND anonymous - none.

How exactly are you creating these new folders?

Well, thats the point. I am not trying to create them rather let the copy process do the job by right clicking a root folder in the pst file that has a lot of content, selecting "copy folder" and pointing to the root of the public folder tree (or a sub folder for that matter with the same result). Getting "you may not have sufficent right to ......" Only a new folder is created in the target, with no content, with insufficent rights on it (anonymous none and default none) Henning

Please add the client permission to administrator on all public folders AddUsersToPFRecursive.ps1 -TopPublicFolder "\" -User Administrator -Permission owner Add Permissions for Client Users to Access Public Folder ContentJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

I get the following result: [PS] C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts>.\AddUsersToPFRecursive.ps1 -TopPublicFolder "\" -User Admi istrator -Permission owner Failed to commit the change on object "000000001A447390AA6611CD9BC800AA002FC45A0300695FE24B35BA3C4D93E21E6778CA54CF0000 000000010000" because access is denied. + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [Add-PublicFolderClientPermission], MapiAccessDeniedException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : F7D83191,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.MapiTasks.AddPublicFolderClientPermission RunspaceId : b3e08cac-93ba-40a8-9ef4-c336070866e4 Identity : \Bergen User : na.no/Users/Administrator AccessRights : {Owner} RunspaceId : b3e08cac-93ba-40a8-9ef4-c336070866e4 Identity : \Delte kontakter User : na.no/Users/Administrator AccessRights : {Owner} ------------------------------------------------------------------ Looks like it fails on the root foilder itself and then sucessfully processes all the subfolders. Sort of the same thing I get when using ExFolders on the top folder trying to add Administrator as owner, no error messages but cannot save result. Henning

Please refer KB 313866 to check the security tab on the “CN=Public Folders” entry, see which authentication settings has been granted to your “Administrator”. Please also check if “Include inheritable …” option has been unchecked Notes: “Create top level public folder” permission is the one that must be set in order for a user to have permissions for creating a public folder off of the public folder root Please also run ExBPA against the exchange server for permission checkJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com