The Exchange 5.5 User synchronization wizard

Note: In order for the synchronization wizard to run, install the Microsoft Exchange administrator on the machine running GFI MailSecurity!

The User synchronization wizard is only applicable to Microsoft Exchange server 5.5 users. This wizard will automatically start after you have installed GFI MailSecurity AND selected that you are running Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5. This wizard will connect to Exchange server and synchronize users via DAPI, so as to allow you to configure rules on a per user basis.

Requirements to run the User Synchronization Wizard

1. The Exchange 5.5 administrator must be installed on the GFI MailSecurity machine. GFI MailSecurity requires certain DAPI DLL's installed by the Exchange 5.5 administrator, in order to successfully perform the synchronization process.

2. An account with administrative rights within the Exchange directory. You can either specify a separate account, or use your own admin account. If you use a separate account, you can use this procedure to grant an account admin rights in the Exchange 5.5 directory:

From the Exchange Administrator, open the Properties for the Site against which synchronization should be performed.
In the permissions tab grant the Account used for synchronization the 'Admin' role.
Repeat the same procedure for the 'Configuration' container within the Site.
In case you want to synchronize multiple exchange sites you will need to repeat the whole procedure for each of the sites.

Running the User synchronization Wizard

Step 1: When the Wizard is started you are presented with the initial welcome screen. Click Next to Continue.

Step 2: The User sync wizard will ask you for:

The Exchange Server 5.5 machine name.
A username (use domain notation, i.e. domain\username) and password which it should use to connect to the Exchange 5.5 server.

Note: that if you use an administrative account on which you change the password regularly, you will have to change the password for the synchronization service also.

Step 3: Confirm the entries you specified by clicking on `Confirm settings' and click Next. The wizard will now retrieve a list of sites from which you can retrieve users. Select the sites from which you wish to retrieve users and click Next.

Step 4: User synchronization will now take place. GFI MailSecurity will install a new service, called the MailSecurity synchronisation service and will re-start a number of services. Click Next to finish. The GFI MailSecurity database will be populated with all users from the Exchange 5.5 directory.