XWEB: Using Outlook Web Access from a Handheld PC

Last reviewed: January 22, 1999
Article ID: Q194437

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows CE versions 1.0 and 2.0 for the Handheld PC
Microsoft Outlook Web Access, version 5.5
Microsoft Outlook Web Access, version 5.5 Service Pack 1

SUMMARY

Handheld PC devices can connect to an Exchange Server computer running Outlook Web Access. However, the server must install software that creates Web pages with minimal graphics, no frames, and no client-side scripts to support the Pocket Internet Explorer.

MORE INFORMATION

This software can be found at Microsoft's Web site:

   http://microsoft.com/technet/resource/downloads/exchange/default.htm

And is labeled:

   Windows CE Mail Client

NOTE: This label can be misleading because this software is installed on the Exchange Server computer.

Excerpt from the Readme.htm File that is Extracted from the Software

To install:

1) Ensure that IIS and Active Server Pages, and Outlook Web Access (OWA)

   have been installed correctly. OWA must be installed on the same server
   as IIS and Active Server; this does not need to be the same machine
   which is hosting the Exchange Server accessed with these scripts. To
   install OWA on your IIS/ASP server, insert the Exchange Server 5.5 CD
   and run server setup, select custom install and select the Outlook Web
   Access option. This will install the Collaboration Data Objects (CDO),
   the CDO Rendering library as well as the shipping .ASP and associated
   script files. The script files in this sample compliment those shipping
   script files, as well as in some cases isolating and/or extending
   functionality which is encompassed in them.

2) Create a directory on the IIS machine and copy all files into it. For

   example, c:\CDOSamples\CEMail\

3) In the Internet Service Manager, create a new virtual root pointing at

   that directory. Enable both "Read" and "Execute" permissions on the
   directory. For example, if you create a virtual directory called CEMail,
   the files in it will be available with a URL like
   http://<server>/CEMail/logon.asp.

Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0,5.5
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

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