Permissions in folders

[T.]

My higher ups want to set the default permission on the Contacts
folder in Outlook to read so that anyone can at least read the Contact
info. The non-techies seem to think I have a magic wand and can just
snap my fingers and make this (or any number of things) happen.

As far as I know this actually entails someone (likely me) going into
each mailbox and assigning the permission by hand on the Contacts
folder. Obviously not ideal. It would take a month.

Two questions...

1. Anyone know of a way to do this in one fell swoop to the entire
organization?

2. Anyone know how I can make this happen for new users without
having to set it manually after creating the user?

Any ideas or help would be appreciated.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

There are tools to help make this happen if you don't want to write your own script -- see http://www.slipstick.com/exs/permissions.htm#tools
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[T.]

There are tools to help make this happen if you don't want to write your own script -- see http://www.slipstick.com/exs/permissions.htm#tools

Thanks Sue! You solved my problem.

For those interested, I chose ExCentre Folder Permissions Manager.
Does exactly what I wanted.

http://www.symprex.com/excentre/fpm.htm


-T.