Shared Mailbox and Archive: Q & A

 

Had a chat with Rui Silva on Shared Mailboxes, and an interesting question came up…:-)

Question =

can a user, who has been given Full Mailbox access permissions to a Shared Mailbox, open that Shared Mailbox its Archive in Exchange 2010 RTM?

Answer =

Yes, using Microsoft Office Outlook 2010

Time to Test :-)

I have created a new Shared Mailbox, called Info.

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I have given a mailbox-enabled user called User4, Full Mailbox Access to that shared mailbox. And I have enabled an Online Archive for that Shared Mailbox.

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Using OWA, user 4 can open the Shared Mailbox

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But User 4 does not see the Archive of the Shared Mailbox!

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Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2010, User 4 can open the Shared Mailbox Info as an additional mailbox.

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And the online Archive is visible…

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and Accessible!

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Ilse