Introduction

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you needed to grant someone access to your mailbox calendar in Microsoft Exchange, but didn’t know how to do it? Fear not, because in this tutorial, we will be showing you how to add mailbox calendar permissions using PowerShell in the year 2024.

What is PowerShell?

PowerShell is a command-line interface that is used to automate administrative tasks in Microsoft products. In Exchange, PowerShell is used to manage mailbox permissions, among other things.

Step 1: Connect to Exchange Online

Before we can add mailbox calendar permissions, we need to connect to Exchange Online. To do this, we need to open PowerShell and run the following command:

Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName [email protected]

Step 2: Find the Mailbox

Once we are connected to Exchange Online, we need to find the mailbox that we want to add calendar permissions to. We can do this by running the following command:

Get-Mailbox -Identity [email protected]

Step 3: Add Calendar Permissions

Now that we have found the mailbox, we can add calendar permissions using the following command:

Add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity [email protected]:\Calendar -User [email protected] -AccessRights Editor

This command grants Sarah Jones editor access to John Doe’s calendar.

Question and Answer

Q: Can I add multiple users to the same calendar permissions?

A: Yes, you can add multiple users to the same calendar permissions by separating their email addresses with commas.

Q: What other access rights can I grant?

A: You can grant a variety of access rights, including owner, publishing editor, editor, publishing author, author, non-editing author, reviewer, and contributor.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to add mailbox calendar permissions using PowerShell in the year 2024. This can be a useful skill to have if you need to grant someone access to your mailbox calendar in Microsoft Exchange. Remember to always use caution when granting permissions and only grant them to people who need them.