The security model in Exchange 2010 has completely changed and no longer resembles the way we used to manage security in previous versions of Exchange. Exchange 2010 introduces the Role Based Access Control (RBAC) permissions model, which essentially determines which cmdlets administrators and end users are allowed to use in order to change settings within the system. This recipe will show you how to work with the predefined RBAC permissions in Exchange 2010.
Let's say that you need to allow a member of your staff to manage the settings of the Exchange servers in your organization. This administrator only needs to manage server settings, and should not be allowed to perform any other tasks, such as recipient management.
Exchange 2010 provides a large set of predefined permissions that can be used to address common tasks like this. In this case, we can use the Server Management role group that allows administrators to manage the...