Creating an Exchange Transport 
Purpose
You create an Exchange transport so that data can be retrieved from the Microsoft Exchange server.
Process Flow
You carry out groupware configuration steps in the configuration iView.
To configure an Exchange transport, choose System Administration ® System Configuration from the top-level navigation bar and then choosing Knowledge Management ® Collaboration ® Transports ® Exchange Transport. Create a new instance of the transport by choosing New, and then update the instance created with appropriate values as described in the table below.
Attribute |
Description |
Example |
Name |
Instance name of the transport. It is automatically filled when a new instance is created. You cannot edit this attribute. |
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System alias name |
Alias that you defined for the Exchange server in the system configuration. For more information, see Creating a System. |
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Default exchange server |
Default Exchange server to be used for this IIS. |
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Logon Domain |
Domain in which the user account is located. |
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IIS server |
IIS setup in the same or trusted domain as the default server, on which the MSX-A components are installed. |
myiis.sap.corp |
Exchange server |
The name or name pattern of the Exchange server that is to be accessed by the IIS mentioned above. |
If the IIS server accesses only one Exchange server, specify the name of that server. This may be the same as the default server. Select “=” as the pattern. For example, myexchange.sap.corp If the IIS accesses multiple Exchange servers, the Exchange servers must follow a naming convention. For example, myexchange01.sap.corp, myexchange02.sap.corp, myexchange03.sap.corp. In this case, specify myexchange as the Exchange server name and select the pattern “*” for the Pattern attribute |
Pattern |
Select the pattern that corresponds to the Exchange server entry specified above. |
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Port |
IIS port on which the MSX-A components are installed. |
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Virtual directory path |
Virtual directory path on the IIS under which the MSX-A components are installed. |
SAPExchange |
Protocol |
Protocol for connecting to the IIS. |
HTTP for use without SSL, HTTPS for use with SSL. |
Standby IIS server |
The standby IIS server is used as a backup IIS server. If there is an error fetching data using the server specified in the IIS server field, the data retrieval attempt is repeated using the standby IIS server. There is only one configuration for the attributes Port, Virtual path, and Protocol, and the standby IIS server also uses the same attribute values. Thus the configuration on the standby IIS server must be exactly same as that on the IIS server. |
Myiis.sap.corp and the MSX-A components should be deployed as for the IIS server. See Installing the MSX-A components. |
Use Kerberos Authentication |
Select this if you have configured the IIS Web site for SSO access. |
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If you have a distributed Exchange server landscape, create an entry for each IIS server.