Active Roles 7.2 - Synchronization Service Administrator Guide

Modifying an existing connection to Exchange Server

To modify connection settings

1. In the Synchronization Service Administration Console, open the Connections tab.
2. Click Connection settings below the existing Exchange Server connection you want to modify.
3. Expand Specify connection settings option to modify the options it provides.
   • Select the Exchange Server version to which you want to connect. Select the Exchange Server version to which you want to connect.
   • Connect to. Choose how you want to connect to Exchange Server by selecting one of the following:
     • Any available Exchange Server in the forest. Allows you to connect to an Exchange Server computer residing in the Active Directory forest you specify. In the Domain in the forest text box, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of any domain that belongs to the forest that includes the Exchange Server you want to connect to. If you select this option, make sure the account you specify under Access Exchange Server using has sufficient permissions to read the Root Directory Service Entry (rootDFS) and configuration naming context of the forest.
     • Specified Exchange Server. Allows you to connect to the Exchange Server computer whose fully qualified domain name (FQDN) you type in the provided text box.
   • Advanced. Opens a dialog box that allows you to specify advanced options for connecting to Exchange Server and reading and writing Exchange configuration data in Active Directory.
   •  Options related to reading and writing Exchange configuration data in Active Directory:
     • Use default domain controller. Causes Synchronization Service to read and write Exchange configuration data in Active Directory by using the default domain controller defined on the Exchange Server used for the connection.
     • Use specified domain controller. Causes Synchronization Service to read and write Exchange configuration data in Active Directory by using the domain controller whose FQDN is specified in the text box below this option.
     Options related to connecting to Exchange Server:
     • Connect using HTTPS. Select this check box to connect to Exchange Server by using HTTPS.
     • Validate server certificate. Select this check box to validate server certificate on the target Exchange Server.
     • Authentication method. Select an authentication method to access Exchange Server.
   • Access Exchange Server using. Select one of the following access options:
     • Synchronization Service account. Allows you to access Exchange Server in the security context of the account under which the Synchronization Service is running.
     • Windows account.Allows you to access Exchange Server in the security context of the account whose user name and password you type in the provided text box.
   • Test Connection. Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.
4. When you are finished, click Save.

Exchange Server data supported out of the box

The next table lists the Exchange Server object types supported by the Exchange Server Connector out of the box and the operations you can perform on these objects by using the connector.

For each of the above-listed Exchange Server object types Synchronization Service provides a number of special attributes that allow you to read and/or write the data related to that object type in Exchange Server. You can access and use these attributes from the Synchronization Service Administration Console (for example, when selecting the source and target attributes you want to participate in the synchronization operation).

The next sections describe the attributes provided by Synchronization Service and explain what data you can read and/or write in Exchange Server by using a particular attribute.

In the next sections:

• ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy object attributes
• AddressBookPolicy object attributes
• AddressList object attributes
• DistributionGroup object attributes
• DynamicDistributionGroup object attributes
• ExchangeServer object attributes
• GlobalAddressList object attributes
• Mailbox object attributes
• MailContact object attributes
• MailboxDatabase object attributes
• MailUser object attributes
• OfflineAddressBook object attributes
• OrganizationConfig object attributes
• OwaMailboxPolicy object attributes
• PublicFolder object attributes
• PublicFolderDatabase object attributes
• RoleAssignmentPolicy object attributes
• StorageGroup object attributes
• UmDialPlan object attributes
• UmMailboxPolicy object attributes

ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy object attributes

Other attributes provided for the ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy object have the same names and descriptions as parameters of the following Exchange Management Shell cmdlet:

• Get-ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy

For more information, see the Exchange Management Shell Help topic for this cmdlet.

AddressBookPolicy object attributes

Other attributes provided for the AddressBookPolicy object have the same names and descriptions as parameters of the following Exchange Management Shell cmdlet:

• Get-AddressBookPolicy

For more information, see the Exchange Management Shell Help topic for this cmdlet.