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Exchange 2010 OWA access to Public Folder
Recently upgraded from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010.
We have a calendar in Public Folders that was accessed by employees in other counties besides our own. I set up users on our previous mail server AD for these people and they were able to access this public folder item using OWA ( http://ServerIP/public/calendar_name/?cmd=contents&view-monthly ). It prompted for user name and password and took them directly to the calendar and only to this calendar.
With Exchange 2010, this shortcut no longer works. If I (as an Exchange mailbox user) log on to OWA, I can get the shortcut to the public folder
http://IP of server/owa/?ae=Folder&t=IP
When we use this shortcut and try to log on as one of the remote users, we get the message that a mailbox could not be found for the user. I do not want a full Exchange account & mailbox for these users. I only want them to be able to access this one calendar. Since Exchange 2010 now splits the AD & Exchange users, I'm not sure how to handle this.
I did find that if I create a Mail User, they show up in the Mail Contacts listing. It will then accept their login with OWA for the public folder calendar but I get an error msgs that my Outlook Web App address is out of date.
Any suggestions/ideas/instruct
We have a calendar in Public Folders that was accessed by employees in other counties besides our own. I set up users on our previous mail server AD for these people and they were able to access this public folder item using OWA ( http://ServerIP/public/calendar_name/?cmd=contents&view-monthly ). It prompted for user name and password and took them directly to the calendar and only to this calendar.
With Exchange 2010, this shortcut no longer works. If I (as an Exchange mailbox user) log on to OWA, I can get the shortcut to the public folder
http://IP of server/owa/?ae=Folder&t=IP
When we use this shortcut and try to log on as one of the remote users, we get the message that a mailbox could not be found for the user. I do not want a full Exchange account & mailbox for these users. I only want them to be able to access this one calendar. Since Exchange 2010 now splits the AD & Exchange users, I'm not sure how to handle this.
I did find that if I create a Mail User, they show up in the Mail Contacts listing. It will then accept their login with OWA for the public folder calendar but I get an error msgs that my Outlook Web App address is out of date.
Any suggestions/ideas/instruct
Hendrik Wiese
Try creating one mailbox per external company instead of per external user. Then send each company the username and password associated with them.
You can also hide their user from the GAL within exchange if need be.
Or you could do one of the following:
Create a Sharing Policy - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd351201.aspx
Managing Internet Calendar Sharing in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (Part 1)
Create a Sharing Policy - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd351201.aspx
Managing Internet Calendar Sharing in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (Part 1)
I would suggest first looking at the second article specified:
Managing Internet Calendar Sharing in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (Part 1)
Managing Internet Calendar Sharing in Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (Part 1)
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I had asked them to share one user account per county but they wanted individual log-ons. I have hidden them from the GAL. Thanks for the links. I'll read through and respond further later.
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