Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out

RBAC basics

When Microsoft discusses RBAC in Exchange 2010, they often describe it in the form of a triangle (Figure 4-1) to show how roles, role groups, scopes, and assignments fit together.

Figure 4-1. The RBAC triangle.

These are the major elements of RBAC as implemented in Exchange 2010:

• Management role A collection of role entries that define the set of cmdlets and parameters that a user can run.

• Management role group A container for a group of management roles that collectively allow a user to function in a role such as recipient management. Exchange 2010 includes a default set of management role groups, and you can define new management role ...