How to Manage Calendar Options for IMAP4

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will reach end of support on April 11, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

 

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP3

This topic describes how to use the Exchange Management Console and the Exchange Management Shell to set the calendaring options that are available on the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 computer that has the Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4rev1 (IMAP4) service enabled. In the original release (RTM) version of Exchange 2007, you could only manage calendar options for IMAP4 by using the Exchange Management Shell. In Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you can also manage calendar options for IMAP4 by using the Exchange Management Console. Steps for doing this are included in this topic.

You can set different calendar options for your organization when you are using IMAP4 as the e-mail protocol for your users. In the original release (RTM) version of Exchange 2007, you can use the CalendarItemRetrievalOption parameter for the Set-IMAPSettings cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell to set different calendar options.

The following table describes the CalendarItemRetrievalOption parameter for IMAP4 users.

IMAP4 calendar options for Exchange 2007

Setting Value Description

iCalendar

0

This setting lets users use the iCalendar standard for calendar items. The iCalendar standard is a standard for exchanging calendar information.

IntranetUrl

1

This setting lets you specify an internal URL for users to access their calendar information.

InternetUrl

2

This setting lets you specify an external URL for users to access their calendar information.

Custom

3

This setting lets you specify a Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access server for users to access their calendar information.

Note

After you have specified the calendar options for IMAP4, you must restart the IMAP4 service. For more information about how to restart the IMAP4 service, see How to Start and Stop the IMAP4 Service.

Before You Begin

To perform the following procedures, the account you use must be delegated the Exchange Server Administrator role and membership in the local Administrators group for the target server.

For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Exchange 2007, see Permission Considerations.

Procedure

Exchange 2007 SP1

To use the Exchange Management Console to set the calendar options for IMAP4

  1. In the console tree, expand Server Configuration, and then click Client Access.

  2. In the work pane, click the POP3 and IMAP4 tab.

  3. In the action pane, under IMAP4, click Properties.

  4. On the IMAP4 Properties page, click the Retrieval Settings tab.

  5. Under Calendar Retrieval, select one of the following options:

    • iCalendar

    • Intranet URL

    • Internet URL

    • Custom

  6. To apply the calendar retrieval option that you selected, click Apply, and then click OK.

To use the Exchange Management Shell to set the calendar options for IMAP4

  • To enable IMAP4 to use iCalendar, run the following command:

    Set-ImapSettings -Identity CAS01 -CalendarItemRetrievalOption 0

  • To enable IMAP4 users to access internal calendar information from an internal server, run the following command:

    Set-ImapSettings -Identity CAS01 -CalendarItemRetrievalOption 1 -IntranetUrl "Server01"

  • To enable IMAP4 users to access calendar information from the Internet on an external server, run the following command:

    Set-ImapSettings -CalendarItemRetrievalOption 2 -InternetUrl "https://Server01"

  • To enable IMAP4 users to access calendar information by using Outlook Web Access, run the following command:

    Set-ImapSettings -CalendarItemRetrievalOption 3 -OwaServerUrl "https://OwaServer01"

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-IMAPSettings.

Exchange 2007 RTM

To use the Exchange Management Shell to set the calendar options for IMAP4

  • To enable IMAP4 to use iCalendar, run the following command:

    Set-ImapSettings -Identity CAS01 -CalendarItemRetrievalOption 0

  • To enable IMAP4 users to access internal calendar information from an internal server, run the following command:

    Set-ImapSettings -Identity CAS01 -CalendarItemRetrievalOption 1 -IntranetUrl "Server01"

  • To enable IMAP4 users to access calendar information from the Internet on an external server, run the following command:

    Set-ImapSettings -CalendarItemRetrievalOption 2 -InternetUrl "https://Server01"

  • To enable IMAP4 users to access calendar information by using Outlook Web Access, run the following command:

    Set-ImapSettings -CalendarItemRetrievalOption 3 -OwaServerUrl "https://OwaServer01"

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-IMAPSettings (RTM).

For More Information

For more information about how to manage IMAP4 access for Exchange 2007, see Managing POP3 and IMAP4.