How to Prepare the Novell GroupWise Environment

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This topic outlines how to prepare the Novell GroupWise 5.5 environment. If you are running Novell GroupWise 6.x, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 899107, "How to configure the Microsoft Exchange Connector for Novell GroupWise 6."

Before You Begin

To successfully complete the procedures in this topic, confirm the following information:

  • You are running a Novell NetWare 6.0 server in a TCP/IP-based environment and Novell GroupWise 5.5. To prepare the Novell GroupWise environment, you must install and configure Novell NetWare client and Novell GroupWise client (version 4.6 or later) software on the future Exchange 2003 server, and deploy the Novell GroupWise API Gateway version 4.1. You also must create an external foreign domain for your Exchange 2003 organization, and you must configure the link table of the Novell GroupWise domain to connect the external foreign domain to your GroupWise domain using the API Gateway, so that GroupWise can route messages to Exchange users.

  • The connector server meets the following requirements:

    • Is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003

    • Has network connectivity to the server running Novell GroupWise

    • Can resolve the name of the server running Novell NetWare

  • The server running Novell NetWare and Novell GroupWise has the following software installed:

    • Novell NetWare 3.x or later

    • Novell NetWare Administrator

    • Novell GroupWise 4.1 or later

Procedure

To prepare the Novell GroupWise Environment

  1. How to Install Novell GroupWise Windows Client.

  2. How to Install the Novell GroupWise API Gateway on a Novell NetWare server.

  3. How to Configure the API Gateway for Exchange 2003.

  4. How to Create an External Foreign Domain for Exchange 2003.

  5. How to Set Connector Permissions in Novell NetWare.

  6. How to Start and Test the API Gateway.

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