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Enable Exchange ActiveSync for a User

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Applies to: Exchange Server 2010

You can enable a user for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. By default, in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, all new users are enabled for Exchange ActiveSync. If Exchange ActiveSync is disabled for a user, it can be manually enabled.

Looking for other management tasks related to Exchange ActiveSync? Check out Managing Exchange ActiveSync Users.

Prerequisites

Exchange ActiveSync is enabled on the Exchange 2010 Client Access server.

Note

By default, Exchange ActiveSync is enabled on a Client Access server.

Use the EMC to enable a user for Exchange ActiveSync

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Exchange ActiveSync user settings" entry in the Client Access Permissions topic.

  1. In the console tree, navigate to Recipient Configuration > Mailbox.
  2. Select Properties from the action pane, or right-click the user's mailbox and then click Properties.
  3. Click the Mailbox Features tab.
  4. Select Exchange ActiveSync, and then click Enable.
  5. Click OK.

Use the Shell to enable a user for Exchange ActiveSync

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Exchange ActiveSync user settings" entry in the Client Access Permissions topic.

This example enables Exchange ActiveSync for a user.

Set-CASMailbox -Identity <SMTP Address of user> -ActiveSyncEnabled $true

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