Setting up Activesync automatically for a domain

Forums › IT Pro and developers › Setting up Activesync automatically for a domain

networkn

18320 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 5246

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

Topic # 115408 25-Mar-2013 12:32

Hi There!

Does anyone know how you can configure dns so that when someone grabs their iPhone or other mobile phone and enters their email address the server settings are correctly populated?

Thanks in advance.

Zeon

3409 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 404

Trusted

Reply # 786618 25-Mar-2013 12:35

I think you need to have an autodiscover or something like that?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc511507.aspx

billgates

3830 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 234

Trusted

Reply # 786620 25-Mar-2013 12:37

One person supports this post

Smartphone attempt to connect to Autodiscover by performing a DNS lookup for “autodiscover.smtpdomainname"

The smartphone will then attempt to autodiscover the Exchange server by looking up “autodiscover.smtpdomainname” in DNS. If it can resolve that name it will then connect to https://autodiscover.smtpdomainname/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml to retrieve Exchange server information.

Do whatever you want to do man.

MackinNZ

401 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 90

Subscriber

Reply # 786630 25-Mar-2013 12:53

billgates is correct.

Just to add that autodiscover is a CNAME record

nathan

4977 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1323

Trusted

Microsoft

Reply # 786632 25-Mar-2013 12:54

One person supports this post

and you can test with

Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer

https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/