Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from November, 2013

Mapping what Folders are in use in ActiveSync with EWS and Powershell

[***Ingo Gegenwarth has published an better version of this script that handles the changes made recently to ActiveSync on Exchange Online see  https://ingogegenwarth.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/eas-folder-mapping/ ] I came across an interesting Blog post this week from Jim Martin http://blogs.technet.com/b/tips_from_the_inside/archive/2013/06/17/activesync-mapping-a-collection-id-to-a-mailbox-folder.aspx which explains how the ActiveSync Folders located under the device folder in ExchangeSyncData folder tree map back to the real Mailbox folder that is being synchronized or accessed via ActiveSync. This information is pretty useful for a number of things so I thought it would be useful to put a script together to automate and create a report of these folder mapping using EWS and Powershell. How it works is the ExchangeSyncData is located in the NON_IPM_Subtree of a mailbox so a few FindFolder calls are needed to find this folder and then get all the Folders associated with any Ac

Turning off the Reading / Preview Pane on all folders in OWA in Exchange 2013 and Exchange Online in EWS with Powershell

Exchange 2013 and Exchange Online has a cool new feature in OWA to let you control the Reading pane setting on all folders in your Mailbox in OWA eg. (in previous versions you had to manage it yourself per folder). When you set this setting in OWA and check the "Apply to all folders" box, in your mailbox it sets a configuration setting called GlobalReadingPanePosition in the OWA.UserOptions FAI (Folder Associated Item) in the Non_IPM Root of your Mailbox. The following values control the position of the Reading Pane on all folders 0 - Hides the Reading Pane 1 - Shows the Reading Pane on the Rights (this is the default) 2 - Shows the Reading Pane at the bottom To Access this FAI Item in EWS you use the UserConfiguration class which makes accessing the Roaming Dictionary structure where this particular value is held really easy. Eg the following script will turn the Reading pane off on all Folders in the mailbox its ran against. I've put a download of this script
All sample scripts and source code is provided by for illustrative purposes only. All examples are untested in different environments and therefore, I cannot guarantee or imply reliability, serviceability, or function of these programs.

All code contained herein is provided to you "AS IS" without any warranties of any kind. The implied warranties of non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are expressly disclaimed.