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Exchange Server Cookbook
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Exchange Server Cookbook

by Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin L. Ganger
June 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 2m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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8.16. Adding Mobile Carriers for Exchange ActiveSync

Problem

You want to preconfigure your Exchange server with proper mobile carrier information for Exchange ActiveSync users.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

  1. Open the Exchange System Manager (Exchange System Manager.msc).

  2. Open the Global Settings node and right-click on Mobile Services.

  3. Select New Mobile Carrier.

  4. In the Name box, add a "friendly name" for the mobile carrier you wish to add.

  5. In the SMTP domain box, add the domain name for the carrier's SMTP-to-SMS gateway.

  6. Click OK to add the carrier.

Using VBScript

' This code adds a new carrier by specifying the carrier CN and
' SMTP gateway address 
' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strOmaCarrierDN = "cn=Carriers,cn=Outlook Mobile Access,cn=global " &_        
   "settings,cn=<org name>,cn=microsoft exchange, cn=services," &_
   "cn=configuration,dc=<domain>,dc=com"
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
set objCarriers = Getobject("LDAP://" & strOmaCarrierDN)

'create and name the new carrier
set objNewCarrier = objCarriers.Create("msExchOmaCarrier", _
    "<carrierName>"    )    ' e.g., "cn=Acme Wireless"

'populate the SMTP domain information & commit to Active Directory
objNewCarrier.Put "msExchOmaCarrierAddress", _
    "<carrierDomain>"    ' e.g., "@sms.acmewireless.tld"
objNewCarrier.SetInfo
Wscript.Echo "New Carrier" & objNewCarrier & "created"

Discussion

To save your users the trouble of having to figure out what their mobile phone carrier's SMTP-to-SMS gateway address is, you can preconfigure your server ...

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