Error message when a user who has the Recipient Management role tries to manage distribution groups in the Exchange Management Console: "A parameter could not be found that matches the parameter 'bypasssecuritygroupmanagercheck'"

Consider the following scenario:

• You have Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 installed on a Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2-based computer.�
• You use a user account that has the Recipient Management role.
• You use the Exchange Management Console to add members to one of the distribution groups.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message:

To work around this issue, the user who has the Recipient Management role must be assigned the "Security Group Creation and Membership" role. To do this, enter the following command in the Exchange Management Shell:
Note If you use the bypasssecuritygroupmanagercheck parameter for a user account that has the Recipient Management role, you are actually bypassing security checks. When you use this parameter, you also bypass moderation for the member being added if the specified distribution group is a moderated distribution group. By default, this parameter is not added for a user account that has the Recipient Management role.

For more information about Role Based Access Control (RBAC), visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For more information about the Security Group Creation and Membership role, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This issue will be first fixed in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1.