Questions tagged [activesync]
(Exchange) ActiveSync is a client protocol developed by Microsoft that lets you synchronize a mobile device with a Microsoft Exchange mailbox.
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ActiveSync devices causing accounts to lockout
When a user changes his account password for whatever reason (read: expired), and the old password is stored in his mobile device connected through EAS. This will cause his account to lockout almost ...
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how to disable remote wipe for Exchange 2010 ActiveSync?
When connecting android mobile devices to Exchange ActiveSync some require granting device administrator privileges which permit an exchange administrator to remotely wipe the phone. The warning ...
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How to turn off MS Exchange Server requests for “Activate Device Administrator” permissions on mobile devices
I have a Microsoft Exchange server for a small business and we just upgraded to 2010. It's now prompting people on Android with:
Activate device administrator?
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How to determine if remote wipe succeeded?
Environment: Office 365 online. Exchange v15.1.933.16.
One of our global administrators performed a remote wipe on a mobile device via the exchange admin centre, and then 'deleted' the device from ...
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How to set up Exchange ActiveSync + iPhone?
If you inherited an already configured server which is running Exchange Server 2003: where would you locate the settings on the server that you would need to configure Exchange on iPhone 2.0?
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Is there an AD property that will tell me if an account uses ActiveSync?
I know that Exchange needs to hold onto sync status information for mailboxes, so I'm hoping I can use a related property to know who's using a smartphone to check mail.
We're still on Exchange 2003 ...
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Extend Dovecot/Postfix setup with Calendar/Contact Sync
I am currently running a mailserver with dovecot (maildir) and postfix.
Now one user has to sync his contacts and calendar with outlook and iOS using our service. The only way to do this seems to be ...
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Email from IOS with attachments larger than 7.5Mb gets stuck in outbox and constantly tries to resend. Costs us hundreds in data fees
We have an on premise Exchange 2013 server. When sending email with large attachments from ActiveSync accounts on IOS devices, the email gets stuck in the outbox and won't send. It keeps trying to ...
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Does Android version 2.2 locally encrypt Activesync messages?
I am a sysadmin for company X. They are interested in allowing ActiveSync access to devices that support local offline encryption of the downloaded attachments and email data.
Considering how the ...
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ActiveSync Audit: Who sent the Remote Wipe command to a device?
I need to perform and audit of how many Remote wipe commands have been sent, who sent them, and to which user's devices?
Can someone let me know if this is possible? I get lots of Google hits for ...
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Blackberry Enterprise server questions
Hopefully this belongs here instead of serverfault...
I've been asked to evaluate smartphones and smartphone management software, including the blackberry (which is likely the winner of the ...
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Allow ActiveSync to former domain administrator in Exchange 2010
So as you all know security provisions of Exchange Server 2010 and up prohibit active sync access for members of schema admins. Since domain admins are schema admins, members of domain admins can't ...
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Configure Exchange ActiveSync Mailbox Policy to Enable Samsung Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Sensor
I just got the first Samsung Galaxy S5 in our Exchange 2010 organization (I also happen to be the Exchange admin). I'd like to use the S5's fingerprint sensor to unlock the phone, but it appears the ...
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Exchange ActiveSync does not work for one user
One particular user in our system is unable to connect to Exchange ActiveSync via her iPhone. When I try to connect using my own credentials on her iPhone it works (everything begins syncing), but ...
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Exchange reply all copying sender
Symptom:
Users sending emails in Outlook or on a mobile device connected via ActiveSync or Outlook Anywhere reply all to an email message. The sender ends up also being copied on the reply as well ...
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Exchange 2013 Throttling Policy with Windows Server Backup
We have an Exchange 2013 Server having issues after the daily backup procedure from Windows Server Backup. Clients (mainly ActiveSync devices) try to access the Exchange Server during the backup ...
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ActiveSync does not sync appointments from iCalendar files
There is a problem with ActiveSync and iCalendar files, at least with Outlook/Exchange:
you receive an email with an
iCalendar attachment, .vcs or .ics
file.
you accept the meeting request or double ...
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Recommended way to migrate MS Exchange mailboxes to Dovecot
What is the proper way to migrate MS Exchange mailboxes to Dovecot?
MS Exchange is 2010 and Dovecot with Postfix are on CentOS 7.
I'd like to preserve permissions, states (seen/unseen), folders. I'...
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Piping Objects From Format-Table to Export-CSV Has Unexpected Results
I'm running this command to get a list of all Activesync users and export them to C:\activesync.csv
Get-ActiveSyncDevice | Get-ActiveSyncDeviceStatistics | sort-object status, devicetype , ...
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Exchange - limit enrollment of ActiveSync devices
Is it possible to modify an ActiveSync policy to prevent a user from having more than one (or any specified number of) device(s) enrolled simultaneously? What would be the Powershell script to do so?
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Possible to audit newly added Exchange 2007 ActiveSync devices?
We have a client who would like to be notified when a new ActiveSync device is added. My thoughts are that this is not possible but I would like to confirm.
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Postfix does not pass mails to Amavis, when received from Z-push
Im kind of staring myself blind in how get ActiveSync to work correctly with my mailserver, so maybe anybody here have an idea?
The deal is mailserver is hosting four domains and I want that all sent ...
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"Mail Conflict Resolution"
I have several of these messages:
11:36:30 Mail Conflict Resolution
11:36:30 Subject: {SU:}
11:36:30 EntryID: {CB:70,
LPB:...
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Block ActiveSync (only externaly, allow internally) but allow OAW/OWA (externally and internally) on Exchange
We have the following setup:
Exchange 2010 SP3
An external IP adress & DNS name for OWA (bound to our Hardware Load Balancer)
An external IP adress & DNS name for OAW & Active Sync (bound ...
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How to limit access to Exchange 2003 Mobile Activesync server by user?
So I was asked to set up an Exchange Activesync mobile gateway. That's done. It's a separat eExchange 2003 front-end server configured for SSL, and I've put an off-domain ISA server in front of it. ...
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Can Blackberry devices sync directly to Exchange?
We've got Exchange configured for Outlook Anywhere/Mobile Access which allows us to sync using ActiveSync on Windows Mobile and "Mail for Exchange" on Nokia devices.
Can a Blackberry device work in a ...
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Bandwidth Usage: ActiveSync vs IMAP/CalDAV/CardDAV
I have been trying to find bandwidth usage information how the technologies compare.
I understand that ActiveSync is instant, and new changes get "pushed" to subscribers. But IMAP/CalDAV/CardDAV is ...
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Exchange 2016 account will not perform activesync. Setup but no connectivity
The issue is that on some accounts that I create in Exchange 2016, they cannot get email on an iphone.
I'm using exchange version 15.1 (build 225.42) running on Windows Server 2012, on premises.
I ...
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Easiest way to view who has been logging in to activesync on Exchange Server 2003?
I am looking for the easiest way to view/audit which users are logging in to ActiveSync on my Exchange Server 2003 machine. For example, various adroid/iphone and other mobile devices are set up ...
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Exchange 2003 requires you to disable SSL for ActiveSync, but I need my mail encrypted
According to this KB article : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817379 You have to disable "Require SSL" for active sync to work.
Thats fine, I did that. It works now. But I have a few questions..
on ...
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Windows Exchange Logon Hours Restriction
So this will probably be the opposite of what most people have asked. An Internet search certainly appears to support that.
I have AD users that have logon hour restrictions. I want these logon hour ...
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Are Exchange ActiveSync .xsd schemas available outside of documentation? [closed]
I'm working on an ActiveSync email client application (on Android, not that it matters). I would like to be able to write unit tests that validate the client's WBXML requests against Microsoft's ...
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How can I prevent Mac Mail from connecting via Exchange ActiveSync while still allowing my other devices?
Running Office365 Exchange for a corporation, I am unable to enforce any policy on Mac Mail when it's using an active sync connection. It actually does not show up as a device (I even looked at this ...
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Which smartphone OS would you choose for your users?
While we currently only use windows mobile smartphone, my boss seems less and less reluctant to try and choose a new kind of OS for our users corporate phones.
For some reasons, we can't use a ...
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Is there a non-mobile based tool for testing ActiveSync?
Is there any ActiveSync plugin for Internet Explorer or any Windows based tool that can be used to test whether or not clients can connect to our Exchange servers from outside our network?
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Apache2 RewriteRule syntax for ActiveSync redirect in reverse proxy
Okay, I think this is a fairly simple task, but I'm having a little trouble testing reliably and working out what I've done wrong. I tried to follow the Apache mod_rewrite documentation, but it doesn'...
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Automatically add ActiveSync users to AD group?
Is there a way that, upon first successful sync via ActiveSync, a user could be added to an Active Directory group?
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exchange activesync policy and swipe/pattern locks
Is there a way to allow our Exchange 2010 ActiveSync users to use a swipe or pattern lock? I tried creating the simplest policy possible and testing it on my Android phone, which is now insisting on a ...
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Changing default UPN for iPhone/ActiveSync seamless Setup: any downsides?
Setting up a brand-new domain and want to achieve ActiveSync/Autodiscover Nirvana: no certificate warnings, no having to enter in Server Names or Domains, just pure Contoso-like buttery bliss.
Have ...
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Issues setting up Single-Sign On with Office 365
I am doing Prepare for single sign-on.
Following this tutorial http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-enterprises/hh125004.aspx.
When I run Microsoft Office 365 for enterprises Deployment ...
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How do I get a list of all iPhone users who use Activesync
It appears that IOS6 users have an issue with meetings that are randomly being cancelled and one fix may be to not ask users to upgrade.
How do I get a list of affected IOS users (not android or ...
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How to remove Exchange data from a user's phone without remote wiping it?
Firstly, I apologize if this is in the wrong forum; I didn't see one that clearly pertained to mobile administration. This is for an iPhone since that's relevant.
I will be assisting in the ...
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some PDF's to iPhones via ActiveSync are corrupt
we have two server applications (one .NET/ASP web app, the other a native Windows app) that generate PDF's that are then emailed to our users on Exchange 2010. the apps deliver the emails to the ...
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Exchange 2003 ActiveSync without OWA
What is the best way to set up an ActiveSync port on an Exchange 2003 server without allowing OWA on the same port?
Users should have access to OWA within the corporate network, via port 443 on the ...
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User locked via ActiveSync
We have some user in our company is constantly locked in the Active Directory via ActiveSync.
We are reading logs and doing various tests. We was found out:
We see logon attempts with the wrong ...
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iPhone ActiveSync issue
We have an Exchange 2010 environment running behind an ASA 5510 and I have a weird iPhone (& iPad) connection issue to ActiveSync. When the exchange account is initially added, it says "The ...
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Prevent Spammers from using my SMTP Queue in Server 2003
I am running Exchange on an installation of SBS 2003 and I have recently run into a problem where random spam queues began showing up in my SMTP queues. I was first alerted to it because my antivirus ...
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ActiveSync port ipad
I want to use ActiveSync inside a firewall from iPad. What port does ActiveSync communicate on? Which ports do I have to keep open?
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Connect mobile devices to Exchange 2010
I need to connect our Exchange 2010 to have the ability to sync with iPhones or any supported mobile device.
Currently port 25 is open, do I need to forward port 443 to the Exchange server?
Also, do ...
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Exchange 2010 EVENT ID 1109, msexchange activesync
the general description is as follows:
Some Exchange ActiveSync traffic to the External URL
https://owa.domain.com/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync
is being blocked due to a
misconfiguration of ...
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