Exchange 2016 – There is no existing permission entry found for user.

There is no existing permission entry found for user: running Set-MailboxFolderPermissions

 

You receive the following error when trying to run the Set-MailboxFolderPermissions in Exchange 2016 EMS.

 

There is no existing permission entry found for user: Su-Yu-Chan Rack  –  Nerd.

+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-MailboxFolderPermission], UserNotFoundInPermissionEntryException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=THATLAZYEX-02,RequestId=365c6506-0b10-4de7-bd31-eeeec601ac4a,TimeStamp=7/26/2017

5:08:42 AM] [FailureCategory=Cmdlet-UserNotFoundInPermissionEntryException] 34D9545E,Microsoft.Exchange.Managemen

t.StoreTasks.SetMailboxFolderPermission

+ PSComputerName        : thatlazyex-02.thatlazyadmin.local

 

Since Exchange 2013 there has been a changed in PowerShell cmdlest when it comes to Set-MailboxfolderPermissions.

Use the Set-MailboxFolderPermission cmdlet to modify folder-level permissions for users in mailboxes. The cmdlet differs from the Add-MailboxFolderPermission cmdlet in that it modifies existing permission entries.

So that means we need to use the Add-MailboxPermission cmdlet to add permissions to a mailbox.

 

Example:

This example grants the user Mark Steele Full Access permission to Jeroen Cool’s mailbox and disables the auto-mapping feature.

To resolve the error which I have received I simply had to change to “Set” to “Add”

 

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