How to Configure a Mobile Carrier When Using Up-to-Date Notifications

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You specify the mobile carriers that you want your users to use for up-to-date notifications. Specifying mobile carriers can make it easier for your users to configure up-to-date notifications. Additionally, when used in conjunction with clearing the Enable notification to user specified SMTP addresses option, you can control the carriers to which your users connect.

Note

After you configure your mobile carriers, your users will be able to select a mobile carrier from the Service Provider Name drop-down list when configuring their devices for up-to-date notifications.

If you do not configure mobile carriers for your users, users who are configured with the Enable notification to user specified SMTP addresses option can specify a mobile carrier by entering the SMS address of their device. This address uses the same format as an SMTP address (for example, <PhoneNumber>@<MobileCarrier>).

Important

Not all mobile carriers and devices support up-to-date notifications. One reason is because the mobile carrier and the device must specifically support the conversion of SMTP e-mail messages into SMS messages.

Procedure

To configure a mobile carrier when using always up-to-date notifications

  1. In Exchange System Manager, right-click Mobile Services, select New, and then select Mobile Carrier.

  2. In the Properties dialog box, in the Name field, type a display name for the carrier. The name you use here will be the name displayed on the mobile device.

  3. In SMTP domain, type the SMTP domain being served by the carrier, for example, type tmomail.net if your carrier is T-Mobile.

For More Information

For detailed steps for configuring AUTD, see How to Configure the Exchange ActiveSync Up-to-Date Notifications Feature.