Display the Security Tab
Professionals: Enable the Security tab on the Exchange System Manager
Amateurs: Cannot find the Security tab
Introduction to Exchange Security Tab
The situation is that you want to edit the Security permissions for
the the Exchange Organization. This would be useful if you are
delegating control of settings to junior administrators.
Alternatively, perhaps you just need to know how security has been set
in the main Exchange 2000 interface.
The problem is this: for some strange reason the security tab does not appear in the
Exchange System Manager. (See Default Situation below). Our
challenge is to add an extra tab which displays security in the
properties. (See What we want below.)
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Default Situation |
What we want - Security Tab |
Registry Editing
What we wish to achieve is an extra Security Tab when you examine
the Exchange Organization properties. Here we have a classic case of turning to the registry to solve our
Exchange Security setting problem.
 Directions
- Launch Regedit, then navigate to the following path:
- HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\EXAdmin
- Now you are ready to add a DWORD - ShowSecurityPage. (See
Diagram opposite)
- Set the value to 1 (means display). Zero would mean hide.
- Close then re-open the Exchange System Administrator and then
magic - the new Security tab appears ready for you to change
permissions.
Learning Points
- It surprised me that it was a job for the Current User rather than
Local_Machine.
- Remember that you have to ADD the setting: ShowSecurityPage.
My point is this NOT a case where you can modify an existing setting,
you have to create a new setting.
- ShowSecurityPage is a value to be read by the operating so the
type DWORD rather than String Value.
Tip: If you have several machines to configure, then make a .reg
file. All you need to do is to open Regedit, navigate to the correct place
in the registry, (HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\EXAdmin), File
(Menu) Export. Alternatively, here is a .reg I made earlier!
Link
to ShowSecurityPage.reg
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