Relevant Products: Signature Manager Outlook Edition
WARNING! The following products were discontinued on 30 September 2022:
- Exclaimer Signature Manager Outlook Edition
- Exclaimer Signature Manager Exchange Edition
The end of Support for these products is 30th September 2024.
For more information, please see the Discontinued Questions and Answers page.
You wish to update Microsoft® Outlook Web Access (OWA) signatures and settings from the server. By default, Exclaimer Signature Manager updates the OWA signatures and settings from each client desktop computer using ExSync.exe. This 'server' method of signature deployment can be used if you have users who access their email only by OWA and rarely log on to your domain. Specific permissions are required for the user account used to update the signatures & settings. This also applies to Office 365.
Description
The permissions required vary depending on the version of Microsoft® Exchange your mailbox server is using:
- Exchange 2007 and Small Business Server 2008
- Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016 and Small Business Server 2011.
- Microsoft Office 365
Please follow the steps in the appropriate subsequent section to set up the correct permissions.
Exchange 2007 and Small Business Server 2008
To achieve this, please follow these steps:
- Click Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 > Exchange Management Shell:
A black PowerShell window is displayed.
- Enter the following command and press [ENTER]:
Get-MailboxDatabase | Add-ADPermission -User -AccessRights ExtendedRight -ExtendedRights ms-Exch-Store-Admin
(Replacing with the user account you wish to use)
- The user account you wish to use now has the required permission.
Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016 and Small Business Server 2011
- Click Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server 2010/2013/2016 > Exchange Management Shell:
A black PowerShell window is displayed.
- Enter the following command and press [ENTER]:
Get-MailboxDatabase | Add-ADPermission -User -AccessRights ExtendedRight -ExtendedRights ms-Exch-Store-Admin
(Replacing with the user account you wish to use)
- Enter the following command and press [ENTER]:
$ExchangeServer = Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.IsClientAccessServer -eq $true} | where {$_.IsValid -eq $true} | where {$_.IsExchange2007OrLater -eq $true} | where { $_.AdminDisplayVersion.Major -ge 14 } - Enter the following command and press [ENTER]:
$ExchangeServer | ForEach-Object { New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role ApplicationImpersonation -User (Get-User -Identity "" | select-object).identity }
- Close the PowerShell window.
- The user account you wish to use now has the required permission.
Microsoft® Office 365
- Run the following Powershell script:
$credential = (get-credential)
When prompted, please enter account details for an Office 365 administrator.
- Run the following Powershell script:
Import-PSSession (New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -Credential $credential -ConnectionURI https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection) -AllowClobber - Log on using an Office 365 administrator account and enter the following command:
New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role ApplicationImpersonation -User (Get-User -Identity "EMAIL ADDRESS" | Select-Object).Identity