How to Apply Impersonation for Office 365

How to Grant Application Impersonation Rights in Office 365

Office 365 provides a role/ right named as application impersonation. This feature allows admin to impersonate another user in an organization to perform any task in his place. When one with a single user account needs to manage multiple user accounts, it becomes essential to have Office 365 application impersonation rights (if you are not an admin).

Follow these steps to Grant Application Impersonation Rights in Office 365

STEP 1

Enter your Office 365 login credentials to sign in

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STEP 2

Click on the icons box to open the Office 365 control menu

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STEP 3

Click the Security & Compliance button.

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STEP 4

Click the Permissions button.

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STEP 5

Click on go to the Exchange admin center.

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STEP 6

Double click on "Discovery Management".

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STEP 7

Click '+' to add roles.

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STEP 8

Click on 'ApplicationImpersonation' and the tap on Add >> OK Button

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STEP 9

Click '+' to add 'Members'.

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STEP 10

Select the current login user to which you wish to set the impersonation rights and click on 'Add' and 'OK' button.

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STEP 11

Click the Save button to complete the impersonation.

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