Connector for Microsoft Exchange

With the connector for Microsoft Exchange, you can access information from your personal e-mail inbox, among other things. The connector enables you to use this information to create and expand almost any application in Intrexx and to use the information from the Exchange server in processes.

For example, you can display a table in your customer management system that accesses your personal mailbox, the Inbox folder or sent mails and lists all mails that have the customer number of the currently selected customer in the subject line. You could also add a contact to your personal address box with a click.

With the Connector for Microsoft Exchange, you do not work on copies of the data, but access your mailbox or the mailboxes to which the respective users have assigned you authorizations via Microsoft Outlook in real time.

The Connector is not a "second Outlook WebAccess" or an Outlook replacement - these products are developed as e-mail clients and naturally offer many more options. However, the added value of using data from Microsoft Exchange Server in applications and processes greatly extends the overall functionality of your platform.

Functions at a glance:

  • Automatic transfer of appointments

  • Appointment invitations or entries flexible according to approval processes

  • Transfer or update contacts manually or automatically

  • Transferring mailbox entries to the Intrexx application

  • Convenient Groovy API to access Exchange mailbox elements in your own code

  • Usable for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010-2019 and 365.

Licensing

You need to purchase a license to use the Connector for Microsoft Exchange. To unlock the connector, open the Intrexx Portal Manager, There, open the License Manager via the menu "Extras / License Manager".

Connector design

The Intrexx Microsoft Exchange Connector is made up of two separate components:

  • Connector for Microsoft Exchange in Intrexx

  • Intrexx MediaGateway

The Intrexx MediaGateway is software that you must install separately before using the connector. The Intrexx MediaGateway acts as an intermediary between Intrexx and the Exchange server. All queries will be forwarded from Intrexx to the Exchange server using the MediaGateway.

Security

In order to use the MediaGateway with Microsoft Exchange Server Version 2003 or higher, a functional Outlook Web Access (OWA) is required. This is normally prepared and activated by Microsoft Exchange. The security protocols used for this (HTTPS, SSL) are also supported by MediaGateway.

Authentication

Three options are available for authenticating to the Exchange Server or MediaGateway:

  • User name - password (basic)

  • OAuth2 (Microsoft 365)

  • Kerberos

Permissions

Data can only be accessed with the rights of the user logged on to the Exchange server. This means that any data access that a user executes using the MediaGateway can also be executed using OWA. Via Microsoft Outlook, every user can make their mailbox accessible to other users, as well as restrict this access in multiple levels, such as only to read, or to read and write. In each case, this is enabled by the users themselves.

System requirements

  • Intrexx Portal Server

  • Intrexx licenses

  • Microsoft Exchange Server Version 2010 or higher

  • Activated Online Web Access (OWA) of the Microsoft Exchange Server

The Visual Studio 2017 C++ Runtime Library from Microsoft needs to be installed for the ODBC connection. You can download them here:

Latest supported downloads for Visual C++

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