Exchange 2007: A Journey: Configure Backup Exec Service account to perform Exchange 2007 Mailbox Backup

Details:
In Exchange 2003, the following security roles were available through the Delegation Wizard in Exchange System Manager:

Exchange Full Administrator
Exchange Administrator
Exchange View Only Administrator

Exchange 2007 has the following predefined groups that manage Exchange configuration data:

Exchange Organization Administrators
Exchange Recipient Administrators
Exchange View-Only Administrators
Exchange Server Administrators

Perform the following in order to back up Exchange 2007 Database using Backup Exec:
Make sure that the Remote Agent for Windows Servers is installed on the Exchange server, if the Exchange server is not locally installed on the Backup Exec computer.
Ensure that the Backup Exec service account has Domain Admin and Local Administrative rights.
Verify that the Backup Exec service account mailbox is not hidden.

To configure Backup Exec service account, refer to the following instructions:
1. Go to Active Directory Users and Computers and go to the Users directory. Right-click on the Administrator account and select copy (see Figure 1) and create an account for BACKUP EXEC.
Figure1

2. Go to Services applet and stop all Backup Exec services. Then configure all the Backup Exec services with the new account just created (see Figure2).
Figure2

3. Open the Exchange Management Console.
4. In the Exchange Management Console, select Organization Configuration. (see Figure 3)
Figure3

5. Right click on Organization Configuration and select Add Exchange Administrator. (see Figure 4)
Figure4

6. On the Add Exchange Administrator page, click Browse and select the user that you want to delegate control to.
7. Select the Exchange Server Administrator Role radial button. (See Figure 5)
Figure5

8. Click Add and under Select the server(s) to which this role has access select the servers to which you want to delegate control.(See figure 6)
Figure6