XADM: Permissions Needed When Creating a Site

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Exchange, when you make intrasite connections, each server within a site is responsible for passing its information to every other server within the site. It performs this information transfer by using Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs). A site may contain servers from different NT Domains. This article will concentrate on Microsoft Exchange Servers that exist within a single NT Domain.

MORE INFORMATION

The rights that are necessary for installing a Microsoft Exchange Server within a single NT Domain include the following:

• You must be logged in as a user with Administrator privileges or logged in as the default Administrator account.
• The user account should be included in the Domain Admins Group and this group should be a member of the local Administrators group.
• An account with "Log On As Service" rights must exist. This account should have been created when the first Microsoft Exchange Server was installed within the site. NOTE: THIS SAME ACCOUNT SHOULD BE USED FOR ALL EXCHANGE SERVERS WITHIN THE SITE. This account is automatically used by all servers subsequently added to the site but the password will have to be supplied. This allows for simplified validation of security information because all Microsoft Exchange services will be running under the same security context.