Syncronizing with Exchange Server 2003

youngbar · 10-31-06, 09:33 AM

I have followed the instructions from the Mircosoft site to sync with Exchange Server (specifying server userid password, etc). For some reason, it will not sync.

Is there anything I am missing? Anyone with a X51 and WM5 syncing directly with Exchange Server? On another WM device such as HP, there was a registry setting?? that was set for SSL, not sure what that exactly means. It may or may not be machine specific.

Thanks!

davidtm · 10-31-06, 06:25 PM

Not sure of the mechanism, but I sync my WM5 x51v with Exchange. It happens through the Outlook (Office 2003) installed on my laptop. I did have an issue at work where the network connection (between my 'puter and the Exchange server) was too slow to make AS happy, so the IT guy enabled the cache mode in Outlook so AS could "talk" to the cache immediately, rather than waiting on the network.

HTH

youngbar · 10-31-06, 06:41 PM

It appears all I have to do is setup a VPN connection so I can get to the server.

I don't want to have to sync from my desktop. I want direct sync with the server.

Anybody have some instructions to do this? We use Cisco VPN.

I need the same functionality.

Thanks!

HyTeK · 11-19-06, 10:59 PM

If your exchange server allows Outlook Web Access to be accessed from the internet (from home or whatever), then a VPN isn't needed.

Providing OWA works, are you using SSL to connect with? Connecting WM5 directly to an exchange server via SSL requires a trusted root certificate with a matching domain name. Wildcard certificates will not work. If it is a self signed cert then you need to install the cert to the pda's root store also.

To test if your connection is fine and OWA is working fine and the SSL cert is fine, open up PIE and go to your OWA site. If you get prompted at any point about a SSL certificate, authenticating with active sync directly to the exchange server won't work. You also need to ensure that on the exchange server under exchange system manager, under the mobile services, you have "Enable Direct Push over HTTP(s)" enabled. There is also a registry change that needs to be made. It is more of a fix to make RPC over HTTPS work, but it significantly helps mobile devices too. And also the user trying to connect with their mobile devices needs to be specifically allowed in their exchange attributes. And also...think the last thing was basic authentication instead of integrated in IIS for the exchange and OMA virtual sites.

(just set up 3 exchange servers this year each with mobile access, fun fun fun

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This is with Exchange 2003 and X51V.

Any questions just let me know. Been through all the trial by errors with Exchange and mobile devices lol