Create a New Role Assignment Policy

Applies to: Office 365 for enterprises

Topic Last Modified: 2011-02-03

You can use multiple role assignment policies to give different groups different capabilities in your organization. For example, if your default role assignment policy doesn't allow users to create groups in the shared address book, you can create a new role assignment policy that allows group creation. You then assign that role assignment policy to users as needed.

Note Live@edu organizations can't create role assignment policies. Need to assign different permissions to different groups of users in a Live@edu organization? Here's an example of how you can: Allow Users to Change Their Display Names in Live@edu.

How do I create a role assignment policy?

In the Exchange Control Panel, select Manage My Organization > Roles & Auditing > User Roles > New.
Enter the following information:
- Name A unique, descriptive name for the role assignment policy.
- Description A description of the role assignment policy.
- Roles This section lists the end-user management roles that you can assign to or remove from the role assignment policy.
  • Roles that are indented under other roles indicate a parent-child relationship between the roles. For example, the MyProfileInformation role is the parent of the MyDisplayName and MyName roles, so if you select the MyProfileInformation role, MyDisplayName and MyName are automatically selected. If you clear the MyProfileInformation check box, you can select MyDisplayName or MyName separately.
  • Custom end-user roles you create appear beneath the parent role you copied to create the custom role. If you want to select the custom role only, first clear the check box for the parent role. Then you can select the custom role.
  • To assign the role, make sure the check box next to the role is selected. To remove a role, clear the check box.
  Note The MyBaseOptions role is required for users to access Outlook Web App > Options from their own mailbox.
When you are finished, click Save.