Quick Tip: Fix “Enable Web-based distribution” greyed out in offline address book
After upgrading from Microsoft Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 or 2010 you might notice that the "Enable Web-based distribution" option is greyed out. The first thing to check is if you have moved the Offline Address Book generation to an Exchange 2007/2010 server.
However if you have already done this and the option is still disabled it can easily fixed by running ApplyMandatoryProperties on it. This can be done by running the below powershell command
Get-OfflineAddressBook | Set-OfflineAddressBook -ApplyMandatoryProperties
Et voila! you can now "Enable Web-based distribution"
Enable end users to manage group membership of distribution groups in Exchange 2010
I am often asked how to allow end users, or regular users with no administrative privileges, to change group membership of specific distribution groups in Exchange 2010. This is what I will cover today in this short tutorial.
In this post I will show you how to allow to userA to manage group membership of DistGroup
First open Exchange Management Shell -> Recipient Configuration -> Distribution Group
Find the distribution group DistGroup and right click properties on it
Go to the Group information and add UserA as manager to this group and click OK