MS Exchange Synchronization Settings (ttaad2140m000)

Use this session to configure the Exchange Synchronizer.

The Exchange Synchronizer synchronizes contacts and calendar events between Microsoft Exchange and LN CRM:

  • The contact synchronization is a one way synchronization: contacts from LN are synchronized to Microsoft Exchange.
  • The calendar synchronization synchronizes calendars in both directions. All calendar events will be duplicated between LN and Microsoft Exchange.

In this session, you can create a schedule that defines how often the Exchange Synchronizer should synchronize.

After you specified the configuration settings, click Users and specify the users that require synchronization of their contacts and calendars.

Note: You can start the Exchange Synchronizer on the LN UI web server. See the Infor LN UI Administration Guide.

Pull mechanism

Contacts from LN are synchronized to Microsoft Exchange through a pull mechanism. The Synchronizer is triggered through a pull interval. This interval consists of a number and a time unit, such as 1 hour or 7 days. When triggered, the Synchronizer retrieves all contacts from LN that have changed since the last synchronization run, and synchronizes these contacts to Microsoft Exchange.

Calendars are also synchronized using a pull mechanism that is based on a pull interval. When triggered, the Synchronizer retrieves all calendar items from both LN and Microsoft Exchange that are in the present or future. The Synchronizer will not use the pull mechanism to synchronize any events that are in the past.

Note: We recommend that you specify a value of 15 minutes or higher in the Pull Interval fields for contact synchronization and calendar synchronization.

Example

You specify a pull interval of 1 hour. You save the configuration settings at 15:20.

The Synchronizer will retrieve data at 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, etc.

Push mechanism

Besides the pull mechanism, the calendar synchronization supports the push notification mechanism. When a calendar event is created, modified, or deleted in Microsoft Exchange or LN, a push notification is sent to the Synchronizer. This notification triggers the synchronization of the involved calendar event.

Buttons

These buttons are available:

Users
Starts the MS Exchange Synchronization Users (ttaad2141m000) session.

Field Information

MS Exchange Administrator Settings
MS Exchange URL

The URL of the Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS).

For example: https://contoso.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx

Authentication Type

Select the Basic Authentication or OAuth 2.0 check box. Depending on the selected authentication type, a different set of XML values is used to initialize the Microsoft Exchange part.

User

The user name of the Microsoft Exchange administrator.

The user name and password are used to connect to the Microsoft Exchange server.

Password

The password of the Microsoft Exchange administrator.

The user name and password are used to connect to the Microsoft Exchange server.

Domain

The Microsoft Exchange domain in which the synchronized contacts and calendars are stored.

Authentication URL

The base URL of the Microsoft identity platform. For example: https://login.microsoftonline.com

Azure Tenant

The Azure tenant in GUID or domain-name format.

  • Example 1: 457d5685-0467-4d05-b23b-8f817adda47c
  • Example 2: infor.com
Client ID

The application (client) ID assigned to the Azure application. For example: 41eb86fa-19a3-4bb8-96d9-7a81be0839ce

Client Secret

The client secret generated for the Azure application. For example: Nh-Ua.~eKO~CAltEH5oP1IVgl972ZyPl1O

Contact Synchronization
Contact Synchronization

If this check box is selected, the Microsoft Exchange contact synchronization is active.

If this check box is cleared, the contact synchronization is not active. All related fields are disabled.

Category

The synchronized contacts created in Microsoft Exchange have a specific category attached to them. The Synchronizer uses this category to recognize these contacts. The name of this category is configurable. In this field, specify the category of the contacts that must be synchronized.

Pull Interval

The number of time units of the pull interval for contact synchronization. See Pull mechanism.

Allowed values

1-99

Note: We recommend that you specify a value of 15 minutes or higher.
Pull Interval

The time unit of the pull interval for contact synchronization. See Pull mechanism.

Calendar Synchronization
Calendar Synchronization

If this check box is selected, the Microsoft Exchange calendar synchronization is active.

If this check box is cleared, the calendar synchronization is not active. All related fields are disabled.

Category

The synchronized calendars created in Microsoft Exchange have a specific category attached to them. The Synchronizer uses this category to recognize these calendars. The name of this category is configurable. In this field, specify the category of the calendars that must be synchronized.

Pull Interval

The number of time units of the pull interval for calendar synchronization. See Pull mechanism.

Allowed values

1-99

Note: We recommend that you specify a value of 15 minutes or higher.
Pull Interval

The time unit of the pull interval for calendar synchronization. See Pull mechanism.

Enable push synchronization

If this check box is selected, the Synchronizer accepts push notifications from changes made to calendar events. See Push mechanism.

LN UI Server URL

The URL of the port on the LN UI web server through which push notifications are sent to the Synchronizer.

The URL has this format:

http://< LN UI web server name>:<port number>/webui

The port number must be equal to LN UI ’s HTTP port number.

For example: the name of the LN UI web server is saturn and this server is using HTTP port number 8312. Specify this URL:

http://saturn:8312/webui