Delegating permissions on an Exchange account
Find out how to delegate permissions on your Exchange account to another user
Find out how to delegate permissions on your Exchange account to another user
Last updated 24th October 2020
With the OVHcloud Exchange service, you can set up professional email addresses, and use them with a range of features for collaborative work. One of these features is the ability to delegate specific permissions (for example sending or access permissions) between different Exchange accounts.
This guide explains how to delegate permissions on your Exchange account to another user.
Before you get started, define the permissions you want to delegate. As a reminder, when you set up a delegation, you are granting one or more Exchange accounts additional permissions for the Exchange mailbox concerned.
Permissions | Description |
---|---|
Send As permission | Allows the user to send emails as another account. The user sending the email will not appear as the sender. Instead, the account for which the user holds the Send As permission will appear as the sender. There is no way for the recipient to tell whether an email has been sent by the original account, or by another user with the Send As permission. |
Send on Behalf permission | Allows the user to send on behalf of another account. The user sending the email will not appear as the sender. Instead, the account for which the user holds the Send on Behalf permission will appear as the sender. However, in this case there will be a comment showing that the message was sent by another user on behalf of the original account. |
Access permission | Gives the user read-only access to the account they have been delegated this permission for. This access type does not allow the user to send any emails. It only allows them to view content. |
The "Send As" and "Send on Behalf" permissions cannot be used together at the same time. However, you can combine other permissions.
When you have identified the account that you want to delegate permissions for, determined the kinds of permissions you want to delegate, and listed the users that will be delegated these permissions, go to the next step.
To do this, log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel. Click on Microsoft
, then on Exchange
. Select the Exchange service containing the account that you want to delegate permissions for. Next, go to the Email accounts
tab.
The table that appears will list all of the accounts linked to your Exchange service. Click on the three dots to the right of the account you want to delegate permissions for, then on Manage delegations
.
In the configuration window, select the permissions you want to delegate. You will need to link them to one or more accounts that you wish to grant the permissions to. Then press Next
.
Take a few moments to check the change summary. If the information in the summary is correct, click Confirm
. Within a few minutes, the delegation will be created on our servers.
Once the delegation has been configured, test@mypersonaldomainname.ovh
can carry out the selected actions on the test2@mypersonaldomainname.ovh
account.
Now that the delegation has been set up, it is ready to use. Before you go any further, please ensure that you have the credentials for the Exchange account that has been granted the newly delegated permissions.
This will work differently depending on the permissions you have delegated, and also the software or web interface you are using to access your Exchange account. From this point onwards in the guide, you should follow the instructions that are relevant to the permissions you have delegated.
This solution requires knowledge of the software or interface you would like to use. We have provided general information below on how to proceed, but we recommend contacting a specialist provider and/or getting in touch with the publisher of the interface or software if you encounter any difficulties. We will not be able to assist you ourselves.
Log in via the OVHcloud webmail using the credentials for the Exchange account that has been delegated permissions. Once you are logged in, right-click on the name of the account in the menu on the left-hand side, then select Add shared folder
.
In the window that pops up, enter the name for the account that holds the delegated permissions, then click Add
. The account will then appear in the left-hand menu, and you can view its content.
In the Outlook 2016 application, click File
in the menu bar at the top of your screen, then Account Settings
. In the drop-down menu, click again on Account Settings
. In the window that pops up, select the account with the delegated permission, then click Change
.
Next, click on More Settings
. In the new window, go to the Advanced
tab, then click Add
. Enter the name of the account that will use the delegated permission, then confirm the addition. The account will then appear in the left-hand menu on your application, and you can view its content.
Log in via the OVHcloud webmail using the credentials for the Exchange account that has been delegated permissions. Once you have logged in, start editing a new email by clicking + New
.
In the zone that appears, click on the three dots, then Show From
. Then click on the From
button, and select the email address you want to appear as the sender (i.e. the address you have delegated that permission for). If the address is not listed, delete the one that is already displayed, and enter the address you want to appear.
At this stage, you are now ready to write and send your email.
In your Outlook 2016 application, start editing a new email. Ensure that the From
button is visible in the editing window. If it is not visible, go to the Options
tab, then click From
.
Then click on the From
button, and select the email address you want to appear as the sender (i.e. the address you have delegated permissions for). If it is not displayed, click Other Email Address
, enter the email address you would like to appear as the sender, then confirm.
At this stage, you are now ready to write and send your email.
Log in via the OVHcloud webmail using the credentials for the Exchange account that has been delegated permissions. Once you have logged in, start editing a new email by clicking + New
.
In the zone that appears, click on the three dots, then Show From
. Then click on the From
button, and select the email address you want to appear as the sender (i.e. the address you have delegated permissions for). If the address is not listed, delete the one that is already displayed, and enter the address you want to appear.
At this stage, you are now ready to write and send your email.
In your Outlook 2016 application, start editing a new email. Ensure that the From
button is visible in the editing window. If it is not visible, go to the Options
tab, then click From
.
Then click on the From
button, and select the email address you want to appear as the sender (i.e. the address you have delegated permissions for). If it is not displayed, click Other Email Address
, enter the email address you would like to appear as the sender, then confirm.
At this stage, you are now ready to write and send your email.
Using the Outlook Web App with an Exchange account
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