Exchange 2000: Moving Public Folders and it's permissioning effect

[Dame Joselyn Van Hire]

Hi All,

In Outlook 2000, what is the permissioning effect of right clicking on
a public folder, selecting 'move' and then say, dumping it in a folder
higher up/lower down....just plain somewhere else! Does the folder
you're moving keep the permissions it had before you uprooted it or
does it take on the permissions of its new parent? Does the answer
vary/are there any exceptions to this rule (like in NTFS permissioning
whereby the answer depends on if you're moving data to a different
volume of not etc?)

Basically, I've been asked to merge two Exchange Public Folders, we'll
say folder A and folder B into a new folder called C BUT keep the
folder permissioning as it was. Is it as simple as creating the new
folder C and then just moving all the old A and B folders into it and
as a nice bonus, all permissions remain the same?

Any help gratefully appreciated, especially any articles or tutuorial
I can read to help myself

Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In Outlook 2000, what is the permissioning effect of right clicking on

a public folder, selecting 'move' and then say, dumping it in a folder
higher up/lower down

The permissions are part of the folder and should move with it. However, moving a folder and merging two folders are two entirely different things.

Is it as simple as creating the new
folder C and then just moving all the old A and B folders into it and
as a nice bonus, all permissions remain the same?

This creates a folder C with no data in it, only subfolders. That doesn't sound like what you want. Merging two folders into a new third folder would mean moving the *items* not the folders.

You can use the File | Folder | Copy Folder Design command to copy permissions from one folder to another.

 

[Dame Joselyn Van Hire]

Sue,

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

The permissions are part of the folder and should move with it. However, moving a folder and merging two folders are two entirely different things.


This creates a folder C with no data in it, only subfolders. That doesn't sound like what you want. Merging two folders into a new third folder would mean moving the *items* not the folders.

You can use the File | Folder | Copy Folder Design command to copy permissions from one folder to another.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54









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