Peter
Thu May 22 05:16:47 CDT 2008
That's good news!
Enjoy :)
--
Peter O'Dowd
Exchange Server MVP
http://www.blade.net.nz
"Alan" <bruguy@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:dc4ae108-87e5-4904-bcea-2fed5cac071a@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Just to say that I installed the tool on one of the E2K3 servers it's
> working without problems.
>
> Thanks to everyone.
>
> - Alan.
>
> On May 9, 8:17 pm, Alan <bru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Peter. It's just that the wording of the MS download site
>> mentions "Exchange 2003 SP2 only deployments". The mailboxes on our
>> E2K server are accessed by Macs using Entourage (i.e. HTTP WebDAV) so
>> I was worried that adding the tool to one of the E2K3 servers might
>> break that in some way.
>>
>> I have added the tool in a test environment without problems. Sorry if
>> all sounds silly but I'm a contract worker and naturally paranoid...
>>
>> - Alan.
>>
>> On May 9, 12:14 pm, "Peter O'Dowd \(MVP\)" <pet...@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>> > It's a web app, an interface to the non IPM subtree for Exchange
>> > mailboxes.
>> > It doesn't change the AD schema or the DBs or the Exchange bin files.
>> > I see
>> > no reason why I would break anything. What concerns you in particular?
>>
>> > --
>> > Peter O'Dowd
>> > Exchange Server MVP
http://www.blade.net.nz"Alan" <bru...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote in message
>>
>> >news:73b9aa46-8884-4b0e-ae23-21bd2b5a1868@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > > Thanks Chris, much appreciated.
>>
>> > > Exchange ActiveSync is working quite happily in my mixed-mode and
>> > > E2K3-
>> > > with-an-E2K-server environment. I'm just worried that installing the
>> > > EAS web admin tool might break something on the E2K server.
>>
>> > > - Alan.
>>
>> > > On May 8, 2:40 pm, Christopher Smith <cfsm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> According to the ActiveSync Admin site:
>>
>> > >> System Requirements
>> > >> Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server
>> > >> 2008
>> > >> The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool
>> > >> must be
>> > >> installed on an Exchange Server running Internet Information Server
>> > >> 6.
>> > >> The
>> > >> Exchange Server must be part of the domain to be administered. To
>> > >> function
>> > >> properly, the tool must be used in conjunction with Exchange Server
>> > >> 2003
>> > >> Service Pack 2 and compatible mobile devices.
>>
>> > >> "Fortunately, you don't have to completely move off earlier versions
>> > >> of
>> > >> Exchange to get ActiveSync for your users. Exchange 2003 is
>> > >> perfectly
>> > >> happy
>> > >> to use ActiveSync to serve mailboxes in a mixed-mode Exchange
>> > >> organization,
>> > >> although you will need to update the organization with Exchange
>> > >> 2003's
>> > >> schema
>> > >> changes. In conjunction with a separate DNS name space, using a
>> > >> separate
>> > >> server gives you an easy way to pilot ActiveSync: Add an Exchange
>> > >> 2003
>> > >> server, publish its SSL port through your firewall, and set up a
>> > >> separate
>> > >> DNS
>> > >> name."
>> > >> (
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/42007/activesync-architectu...)
>>
>> > >> Hopefully this provides some help,
>>
>> > >> --
>> > >> Chris S
>> > >> MCSE, MCITP:Messaging, CISSP
>>
>> > >> "Alan" wrote:
>> > >> > Hello,
>>
>> > >> > We have one Exchange 2000 SP3 server on Windows 2000 (the first
>> > >> > Exchange server which we ever installed) and two Exchange 2003 SP2
>> > >> > servers on Windows 2003 R2 SP2. For legacy reasons, Exchange is
>> > >> > still
>> > >> > in mixed-mode. None of the servers are configured as front-end
>> > >> > servers.
>>
>> > >> > Some users are using EAS and Windows Mobile 6.0 to sync their
>> > >> > mailboxes on the two E2K3 servers and we'd like to install the
>> > >> > Exchange ActiveSync Mobile Administration Web Tool for security
>> > >> > reasons.
>>
>> > >> > Does anyone know please if the presence of the Exchange 2000
>> > >> > server or
>> > >> > the fact that Exchange is in mixed-mode will cause problems? We're
>> > >> > uncertain because the MS download page for the tool mentions that
>> > >> > it's
>> > >> > only for E2K3 or E2K7 environments.
>>
>> > >> > Also, where should the tool be installed, on both E2K3 servers or
>> > >> > just
>> > >> > one? Can the tool on one E2K3 server see the EAS users on another
>> > >> > E2K3
>> > >> > server?
>>
>> > >> > Thanks,
>>
>> > >> > - Alan.
>