You can use the Exchange Management Shell to perform every task that's available in the Exchange graphical management tools, plus things that you can't do there (for example, bulk operations). In fact, when you do something in the Exchange admin center (EAC), the Exchange Control Panel (ECP), or the Exchange Management Console (EMC), it's the Exchange Management Shell that does the work behind the scenes.
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You only get access to the Exchange cmdlets and parameters that are associated with the Exchange management role groups and management roles you're assigned. For more information about how Exchange uses role groups and roles to manage who can do what tasks, see Exchange Server permissions.
However, we recommend that you install the Exchange management tools (which includes the Exchange Management Shell) on any computer that you use to frequently manage Exchange Server. Without the Exchange management tools installed, you need to manually connect to the remote Exchange server, and you don't have access to the additional capabilities that the Exchange management tools provide.
Edge Transport servers don't use management roles or management role groups to control permissions. The local Administrators group controls who can configure the Exchange features on the local server.
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