Exchange Server 2003 & Entourage

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Lee C.

I am going to help select a new server for a small business where 6
computers are networked with one of them being my Mac. Right now I
interact with Exchange Server 5.5 with Outlook 2001. However, I hate
going into Classic (which doesn't work that well) and would like to
fully migrate using Entourage with the new version of Exchange Server
which will come with our new server.

So my question is with Exchanger Server 2003 can Entourage 1) get
emails from Exchange Server 2003 (what settings like IMAP need to
configured so this can work?)?, and 2) does the calendaring feature
work all right (like can I read my calendar on Entourage and can I
read other users calendars too)?

Any responses will be appreciated and I would especially appreciate
direct responses like "Yes, this feature works on my Mac with
Entourage."
 
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dano

I am going to help select a new server for a small business where 6
computers are networked with one of them being my Mac. Right now I
interact with Exchange Server 5.5 with Outlook 2001. However, I hate
going into Classic (which doesn't work that well) and would like to
fully migrate using Entourage with the new version of Exchange Server
which will come with our new server.

So my question is with Exchanger Server 2003 can Entourage 1) get
emails from Exchange Server 2003 (what settings like IMAP need to
configured so this can work?)?, and 2) does the calendaring feature
work all right (like can I read my calendar on Entourage and can I
read other users calendars too)?

Any responses will be appreciated and I would especially appreciate
direct responses like "Yes, this feature works on my Mac with
Entourage."
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We have just transition from E5.5 to E2000, and simultaneously moved
from Entourage X 10.1.4 to 10.1.5. Had some initial problems, but I
think that was mainly due to complexity in the back end (multiple
Exchange servers). Once the Exchange Server migration was completed
*and* once I just sat back and let the Entourage wizard do the discovery
and configuration, then it just worked.

That is to say, Entourage 10.1.5 will work with Exchange Server 2000,
and presumably 2003.

However, you do not want to do IMAP. Let the Entourage wizard go through
its configuring for Exchange Server. This will hit the DAV service
(WebDAV or httpDAV, depending on who you're talking to) on the Exchange
Server for the calendaring (free/busy). There is a bit more information
on the MVP Entourage FAQ. You will be able to make free/busy changes to
your calendar that the other Exchange users can see, and you will all be
able to exchange meeting requests, confirmations and denials and they
will be inserted into your free/busy calendar. You'll also be able to
get info from the GAL, and save your addresses to the server.

Once it works, it's pretty nice. In your case it will probably work "out
of the box". If you have to attempt to configure Entourage you won't
find much documentation so keep track of your initial settings so you
can go back to them if needed.
 
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MattE

-----Original Message-----
We have just transition from E5.5 to E2000, and simultaneously moved
from Entourage X 10.1.4 to 10.1.5. Had some initial problems, but I
think that was mainly due to complexity in the back end (multiple
Exchange servers). Once the Exchange Server migration was completed
*and* once I just sat back and let the Entourage wizard do the discovery
and configuration, then it just worked.

That is to say, Entourage 10.1.5 will work with Exchange Server 2000,
and presumably 2003.

However, you do not want to do IMAP. Let the Entourage wizard go through
its configuring for Exchange Server. This will hit the DAV service
(WebDAV or httpDAV, depending on who you're talking to) on the Exchange
Server for the calendaring (free/busy). There is a bit more information
on the MVP Entourage FAQ. You will be able to make free/busy changes to
your calendar that the other Exchange users can see, and you will all be
able to exchange meeting requests, confirmations and denials and they
will be inserted into your free/busy calendar. You'll also be able to
get info from the GAL, and save your addresses to the server.

Once it works, it's pretty nice. In your case it will probably work "out
of the box". If you have to attempt to configure Entourage you won't
find much documentation so keep track of your initial settings so you
can go back to them if needed.
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I have a few mac computers in my SBS 2003 network and I'm
having problems using the free/busy calendar information.
When Entourage runs the wizard it can't detect the
free/busy server, I have also manually entered the server
address. That causes Entourage's calendar information to
not get sync'd with the exchange calendar. Did you make
any other changes to IIS or Exchange to get the free/busy
info to work?

thanks,

Matt
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