Friday, 10 June 2011

Lync 2010 - Error when changing Lync users settings


When you try and change a users settings you get "Active Directory Operation Failed on..." "You do not have the appropriate permissions to perform this operation..."







This happens because the user is a member of a Windows Builtin group, such as Domain Admins.  When a user is a member of one of the special Windows built-in groups, Windows will automatically remove security inheritance on that user.

To fix this you must reapply inheritance.
Open Active Directory Users and Computers and locate the user object
Right-click the user and select Properties
Click the Security tab and then the Advanced button
Check the Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent check box
Click OK twice. Now try again.

Be aware that Windows will automatically remove the inheritance setting again within a few minutes as long as the user remains a member of the Windows built-in group.

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