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title: How to provide full access permissions to your service account for resources in Microsoft 365?
description: Ensure that a service account has been created. If you need assistance with this process, please refer to the article on creating a service account. Log in to your admin account and go to the Exchange
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# How to provide full access permissions to your service account for resources in Microsoft 365?

#### **Prerequisites:**

Ensure that a service account has been created. If you need assistance with this process, please refer to the [article](https://knowledge.othership.com/how-to-create-a-service-account?hsLang=en) on creating a service account.

#### Step 1:

Log in to your admin account and go to the [**Exchange admin** **center.**](https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/)

#### Step 2:

1. Click on Recipients.
2. Click on Resources**.![image-1](https://knowledge.othership.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-1.png?width=688&height=375&name=image-1.png)**
3. Select your resource.![Screenshot 2024-12-23 202606](https://knowledge.othership.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-12-23%20202606.jpg?width=688&height=295&name=Screenshot%202024-12-23%20202606.jpg)
4. Click on Delegation.
5. In the Read and manage (Full Access) section click on Edit.![Screenshot 2024-12-23 204231](https://knowledge.othership.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-12-23%20204231.jpg?width=688&height=295&name=Screenshot%202024-12-23%20204231.jpg)
6. Click on Add members.![Screenshot 2024-12-23 205239](https://knowledge.othership.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-12-23%20205239.jpg?width=688&height=282&name=Screenshot%202024-12-23%20205239.jpg)
7. Select your service account.
8. Click on Save.![Screenshot 2024-12-23 210007](https://knowledge.othership.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-12-23%20210007.jpg?width=688&height=395&name=Screenshot%202024-12-23%20210007.jpg)
9. Once you save your changes, please allow **5 to 30 minutes for them to take effect**. In some cases, it may take up to 24 hours for the changes to be fully implemented, as noted in [Microsoft Documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/troubleshoot/user-and-shared-mailboxes/delays-provision-mailbox-sync-changes).

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