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The User cannot be added. Non-local users cannot be given rights on this server.

When trying to add a user as a delegate in Outlook you might see the error :

The User cannot be added. Non-local users cannot be given rights on this server


Delegates

The reason why your getting this if the user your trying to add is most likely set to a shared mailbox.

Outlook2

You need to convert it back to a user mailbox for it to work.

To do this drop into powershell and run the command

Set-Mailbox "mailbox display name" -Type:Regular