Lync Server Cookbook

Controlling administrative rights with RBAC and custom cmdlets

Lync Server 2013 administration uses Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to assign different levels of access privileges to the users, and to enable them to perform specific administrative tasks. The idea behind RBAC in Lync 2013 is that adding a user to a specific group not only defines the features and administrative tasks they are able to manage but also limits the cmdlets they are able to use in the Lync Management Shell. There are some built-in administrative roles, and we are able to add custom groups for more granular control. Another operation we are able to perform is adding authorized cmdlets to both kinds of groups, expanding the allowed tasks for a specific RBAC role.

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