Preparing for Exchsync
A)
Create replication account
In order for the Exchsync to replicate
public folder data in need full access to both the source and
target public folders. In most environments no single account
has this access to all public folders, at least not via the MAPI
calls made by Exchsync. Therefore, a new account is needed.
This account will be granted Ownership access on all source and
target public folders
A.1)
Create the accounts and mailboxes for public
folder replication
1)
Create an account called ?PFRepl? and create a
mailbox for it in the source Excahnge organization
2)
Repeat for the target Exchange organization
A.2)
Initialize the mailboxes
1)
Logon as PFRepl in the source organization on
a Workstation with Outlook installed
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Note: This should be done on a different
system than the Exchange servers. Outlook should NOT be
installed on an Exchange server.
2)
Open up Outlook and configure it to connect to the
source Exchange server
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The mailbox must be fully initialized for
later steps to work.
3)
Logon as PFRepl in target organization on a
Workstation with Outlook installed
A)
Open up Outlook and configure it to connect to
the target Exchange server
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The mailbox must be fully initialized for
later steps to work.
B)
Configure Public Folders
Now that the account is created it needs to
be given ownership access to all public folders in the source
Exchange organization and the ability to create folders in the
target Exchange organization. To assist in automating this
process I will cover the PFADMIN tool, also from Microsoft.
This tool can be used to set replicas, re-home folders, set
public folder permissions, and a few other settings.
Unfortunately, the Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 200x versions are
not forward or backwards compatible, the same goes for their
output.
B.1)
Allow the PFRepl accounts to create Top Level
Public Folders
1)
Open up ESM in the target organization
2)
Right click on the Organization name and choose
Properties
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If you have multiple Administrative Groups
you can choose properties on the administrative group that
host the public folder tree.
3)
Click the Security tab
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If the security tab isn?t shown follow the
steps in:
XADM: How to Enable the Security Tab for the
Organization Object:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=264733.
4)
Grant the PFRepl account the following permissions
A)
Create public folder
B)
Create top level public folder
C)
Create named properties in the information store
B.2)
Create the ?security? folder for Exchsync
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This folder is used by Exchsync to verify that
public folders for both organizations should be synchronized.
The program just checks to see if it exists.
1)
In Exchange System Manager or Exchange Administrator
create a folder called ?ExchsyncSecurityFolder? at the root
level of public folders in the source Exchange org
2)
Set the permissions so only PFRepl has Folder Visible
permissions
3)
Repeat for the target org
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