Microsoft Exchange extension settings

Overview

The Cayosoft Administrator Exchange extension ensures provisioning, update, suspension, and management of recipients in on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server. This includes mailbox-enabled and mail-enabled users, distribution lists, contacts, and shared mailboxes.

To perform recipient management tasks in Exchange Server, Cayosoft Administrator must be connected to Exchange Server. Connection and other general settings related to the mailbox management in the Exchange Server are configured in the Microsoft Exchange extension settings screen in the Cayosoft Administrator console. Some of these settings are related directly to Exchange Server; other settings are related to the configuration of the Cayosoft Administrator automation rules.

Microsoft Exchange extension settings

To configure the extension, in the Cayosoft Administrator console, navigate to Home > Configuration > Connected Systems Extensions. Select the extension and configure the following:

Advanced

 {New-PSSessionOption - SkipRevocationCheck}

Actions

Troubleshooting Exchange Server connection issues

• Troubleshooting Cayosoft Administrator Exchange On-premises Connections

Notes

To connect and authenticate to Microsoft Exchange Server, Cayosoft Administrator creates a remote PowerShell session to access Exchange Server. To access the server, the port 5985 or 5986 is used depending on the protocol. The following script replicates the session creation workflow:

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$ExchangeOnPrem_ConnectUri="<ExchangeOnPrem_ConnectUri>"
$ExchangeOnPrem_Cred = (Get-Credential)
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[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol=[Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Ssl3
$connectionParams = @{}
if($ExchangeOnPrem_ConnectUri.Trim() -like"http:*"){ $connectionParams.Add("Authentication", "Kerberos") }else{ $connectionParams.Add("Authentication", "Basic") }
$url = $ExchangeOnPrem_ConnectUri.Trim()
if ($url.EndsWith("/") -eq$false) { $url = $url + "/" }
$global:OnPremisesSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri $url -AllowRedirection -SessionOption (New-PSSessionOption -SkipRevocationCheck) -Credential $ExchangeOnPrem_Cred @connectionParams 
$tmpImported = Import-PSSession$global:OnPremisesSession
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IMPORTANT: Replace the <ExchangeOnPrem_ConnectUri> placeholder with the Connect URI value. A Connect URL value follows the http://<ServerFQDN>/PowerShell/ format. For additional information, see the Connect URI setting.

When you run the script, you are prompted for credentials to connect to Exchange Server—provide the credentials of a user with the Exchange Organization Management role and click OK to proceed. If no error is prompted, the session has been created successfully. In case of an error, refer to the following article: Troubleshooting Cayosoft Administrator Exchange On-premises Connections.

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