In that case, your colleague needs to set “Folder visible” permissions on the parent folders of the shared folder. Top Mailbox folder-> Properties-> button Advanced-> tab Advanced Setting “Folder visible” permissionsĪfter adding the mailbox, you might not be able to expand it to see its folders. You can reach this dialog faster by right clicking the
Other examples of delegate access permissions include the following: permission to send email on behalf of another person, and permission to access and manage another user’s calendar.įor information about how to sign in to Outlook Web App, see Sign in to Outlook Web App.įor information about how to send email on behalf of another person or group, see Send email from another person or group.įor information about managing another person’s mail and calendar items using Outlook, see Manage another person's mail and calendar items.A colleague of mine has given me permissions to access a couple of his sub folders and an additional Contacts folder that he created. The permission to access another person’s mailbox is an example of a delegate access permission that can be granted to a user. Permission to act on behalf of another user or group is commonly referred to as delegate access. To do this, see Add another user’s mailbox to your Outlook Web App folder list earlier in this article. Tip: If the mailbox you have been provided access is one that you need to access often, you can make the mailbox display in your folder list for your Outlook Web App mailbox. The other person’s mailbox opens in a separate Outlook Web App browser window. Type the email address of the other mailbox that you want to open, and click Open. In the Navigation bar on the top of the Outlook Web App screen, click on your name. If you do not want to add the other person’s mailbox to your folder list in Outlook Web App, you can open the other person’s mailbox in a separate browser window. Top of Page Open another person’s mailbox in a separate browser window in Outlook Web App If you decide that you no longer want to see the other person’s mailbox every time you open Outlook Web App, right-click the folder, and click Remove shared folder.
If you have only been provided access to specific folders in the other user’s mailbox, you will only see the folders for which you have been granted access. The mailbox appears in your Outlook Web App folder list. In the Add shared folder dialog box, type the name of the mailbox that you have been provided access, and click Add. Right-click your name in the folder list, and click Add shared folder. Log in to your mailbox using Outlook Web App. Top of Page Add another person’s mailbox to your folder list in Outlook Web AppĪfter you complete this procedure, the person’s mailbox for which you have been provided access to will display in your Outlook Web App folder list every time you open Outlook Web App. Note: If you were recently granted access to the mailbox, it may take a few hours for the other user’s mailbox to display in your folder list.