Mobile

Exchange 2010: Find old ActiveSync partnerships

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Over time, users often accumulate many old ActiveSync partnerships that have not been used for a long time. The following script can be used to find old ActiveSync partnerships: $LastSuccessSyncBefore = 180 $FirstSyncDateBefore = 180 #----------------------------- $today = get-date $lastsyncdate = $today.AddDays(-$LastSuccessSyncBefore) $firstsyncdate = $today.AddDays(-$FirstSyncDateBefore) $results =@() $activesyncdevicelist = Get-ActiveSyncDevice -resultsize ... Read more

Exchange 2013: Making ActiveSync access more secure with on-board tools

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Accessing Exchange mailboxes via ActiveSync is now part of everyday life, but the risks associated with mobile access should not be ignored. Often users have not even protected their smartphone with a PIN, and if the smartphone is stolen or lost, anyone can read the business emails or do worse things. ... Read more

Exchange 2007/2010/2013: Set up Blackberry 10 for ActiveSync

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To complete the setup of the Active Sync Clients, here are the instructions for the current Blackberry OS 10. The instructions for the other smartphone operating systems can be found here: Windows Phone 8: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=1232 Android 4: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=621 iOS, Android 2.X, Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=302 But now for the setup: Select "Settings" on the start screen Then ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Determine Active Sync devices and write to CSV file

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The following script can be used to determine all users with Active Sync devices. The data is then written to a CSV file. #Ppath to the CSV file for the export $exportfile = "c:\export.csv" #Name of a mailbox database or "all" to capture all mailbox databases $database = "all" #--------------------- "User;Type;Serial number;Status" | set-content "$exportfile" if ($database -eq "all") ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Approve new ActiveSync devices before synchronization / Policies for ActiveSync

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"Bring-your-own-device" has long since become the standard in many companies, perhaps even unconsciously. A correctly configured Exchange Server is very sociable and makes it easy for users to connect any number of devices. Even less experienced users can synchronize their private smartphone with the company's Exchange Server via ActiveSync. However, this is not entirely uncritical. Private ... Read more

Test Firefox OS with Exchange ActiveSync

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Even though there is no smartphone with Mozilla's Firefox OS yet, I was still interested in whether the ActiveSync functionality already works. Here is the setup: First, start the email app In the mail app, select "Other email" In the following dialog, enter the user information Autodiscover did not work for me, ... Read more

Exchange 2007, 2010, 2013: Setting up Windows Phone 8 for ActiveSync

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To complete the setup of the Active Sync Clients, here are the instructions for Windows Phone 8. The instructions for the other smartphone operating systems can be found here: Android 4: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=621 iOS, Android 2.X, Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile: https://www.frankysweb.de/?p=302 But now only setting up Windows Phone 8, by the way, I used the Windows Phone SDK ... Read more

Exchange 2010: ActiveSync not available (HTTP error 401)

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A colleague received the following error message today on an Exchange 2010 server when he tried to set up an Active Sync account (HTTP 401): Error 401 received from server, but no authentication methods are supported. The cause was the following: In the Exchange administration console, under "Server configuration" -> "Client access" -> "Exchange ActiveSync", the checkbox for "Standard authentication (password is not encrypted ... Read more

Exchange 2007/2010: Active Sync and iOS6 Bug

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A bug between iOS6 and Active Sync has been published on the Exchange Team Blog. It is recommended not to update to iOS6. The bug affects meetings in which iOS changes the owner of the meeting. The problem has already been reported to Apple, here is the complete article: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/10/23/ios6-devices-erroneously-take-ownership-of-meetings.aspx When the problem will be fixed by Apple is ... Read more