PFDAVAdmin shows no data on Exchange 2007

cjg.groups · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

Hello,

I am trying to automate giving everyone read access to everyone's
calendar using Exchange 2007 SP1. PFDAVAdmin can not access mailbox
data (when running it directly on the single Exchange server). It
gets a list of mailboxes, but when I try to view mailbox details, I
get "error 401 - unauthorized" and "Name can not begin with '0'".

I've tried connecting it with every account, installing "WebDAV
publishing", setting the "\exadmin\" virtual directory permission to
anonymous access, turning off the firewall, removing SSL from legacy
virtual directories, and more.

IIS Manager shows the \exadmin\ virtual folder is empty; should it
redirect somewhere for 2007?

Are there other configuration prerequisites for PFDAVAdmin to work on
a very simple fresh install of Exchange 2007 SP1 and Windows Server
2003? Thank you.

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JSC · Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5

By default on Exchange 07, I don't think you will have access to anybodys
mailbox. You will need to run a Powershell CMDLet in order to grant access
to the uers/user's mailboxes before you can use PFDAVadmin.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996343(EXCHG.80).aspx

"cjg.groups@gmail.com" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to automate giving everyone read access to everyone's
> calendar using Exchange 2007 SP1. PFDAVAdmin can not access mailbox
> data (when running it directly on the single Exchange server). It
> gets a list of mailboxes, but when I try to view mailbox details, I
> get "error 401 - unauthorized" and "Name can not begin with '0'".
>
> I've tried connecting it with every account, installing "WebDAV
> publishing", setting the "\exadmin\" virtual directory permission to
> anonymous access, turning off the firewall, removing SSL from legacy
> virtual directories, and more.
>
> IIS Manager shows the \exadmin\ virtual folder is empty; should it
> redirect somewhere for 2007?
>
> Are there other configuration prerequisites for PFDAVAdmin to work on
> a very simple fresh install of Exchange 2007 SP1 and Windows Server
> 2003? Thank you.
>

cjg.groups · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

On Feb 18, 2:53 pm, JSC wrote:
> By default on Exchange 07, I don't think you will have access to anybodys
> mailbox. You will need to run a Powershell CMDLet in order to grant access
> to the uers/user's mailboxes before you can usePFDAVadmin.
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996343(EXCHG.80).aspx
>
> "cjg.gro...@gmail.com" wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I am trying to automate giving everyone read access to everyone's
> > calendar using Exchange 2007 SP1. PFDAVAdmincan not access mailbox
> > data (when running it directly on the single Exchange server). It
> > gets a list of mailboxes, but when I try to view mailbox details, I
> > get "error 401 - unauthorized" and "Name can not begin with '0'".
>
> > I've tried connecting it with every account, installing "WebDAV
> > publishing", setting the "\exadmin\" virtual directory permission to
> > anonymous access, turning off the firewall, removing SSL from legacy
> > virtual directories, and more.
>
> > IIS Manager shows the \exadmin\ virtual folder is empty; should it
> > redirect somewhere for 2007?
>
> > Are there other configuration prerequisites forPFDAVAdminto work on
> > a very simple fresh install of Exchange 2007 SP1 and Windows Server
> > 2003? Thank you.

Thank you for the reply, but neither EMS cmdlet worked. I tried:

Get-Mailbox | Add-MailboxPermission -User "username" -AccessRights
FullAccess

Get-MailboxDatabase -Server "servername" | Add-ADPermission -User
"username" -ExtendedRights Receive-As

I restarted the Information Store after each and even rebooted after
Add-MailboxPermission. I still could not expand the mailboxes to view
their data in PFDAVAdmin.

Maybe the \exadmin\ virtual folder has a problem. IIS Manager shows
that it is empty, pointing to \\.\BackOfficeStorage. This all seems
like legacy Exchange 2003. Do they need to be remapped to Exchange
2007?

Is there a simple way to confirm that \exadmin\ is working? Accessing
it in a web browser takes me to OWA. Thanks again.

cjg.groups · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

On Feb 19, 2:35 pm, cjg.gro...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2:53 pm, JSC wrote:
>
>
>
> > By default on Exchange 07, I don't think you will have access to anybodys
> > mailbox. You will need to run a Powershell CMDLet in order to grant access
> > to the uers/user's mailboxes before you can usePFDAVadmin.
>
> >http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996343(EXCHG.80).aspx
>
> > "cjg.gro...@gmail.com" wrote:
> > > Hello,
>
> > > I am trying to automate giving everyone read access to everyone's
> > > calendar using Exchange 2007 SP1. PFDAVAdmincan not access mailbox
> > > data (when running it directly on the single Exchange server). It
> > > gets a list of mailboxes, but when I try to view mailbox details, I
> > > get "error 401 - unauthorized" and "Name can not begin with '0'".
>
> > > I've tried connecting it with every account, installing "WebDAV
> > > publishing", setting the "\exadmin\" virtual directory permission to
> > > anonymous access, turning off the firewall, removing SSL from legacy
> > > virtual directories, and more.
>
> > > IIS Manager shows the \exadmin\ virtual folder is empty; should it
> > > redirect somewhere for 2007?
>
> > > Are there other configuration prerequisites forPFDAVAdminto work on
> > > a very simple fresh install of Exchange 2007 SP1 and Windows Server
> > > 2003? Thank you.
>
> Thank you for the reply, but neither EMS cmdlet worked. I tried:
>
> Get-Mailbox | Add-MailboxPermission -User "username" -AccessRights
> FullAccess
>
> Get-MailboxDatabase -Server "servername" | Add-ADPermission -User
> "username" -ExtendedRights Receive-As
>
> I restarted the Information Store after each and even rebooted after
> Add-MailboxPermission. I still could not expand the mailboxes to view
> their data inPFDAVAdmin.
>
> Maybe the \exadmin\ virtual folder has a problem. IIS Manager shows
> that it is empty, pointing to \\.\BackOfficeStorage. This all seems
> like legacy Exchange 2003. Do they need to be remapped to Exchange
> 2007?
>
> Is there a simple way to confirm that \exadmin\ is working? Accessing
> it in a web browser takes me to OWA. Thanks again.

Oh well, I give up on PFDAVAdmin. It is much easier to go to each
desktop Outlook install and assign Reviewer permissions to a mail-
enabled security group. Since I am deploying Exchange 2007 from
scratch, I have to visit every desktop anyway.

lnxpenguin4ever · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

On Feb 20, 2:04 pm, cjg.gro...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Feb 19, 2:35 pm, cjg.gro...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 18, 2:53 pm, JSC wrote:
>
> > > By default on Exchange 07, I don't think you will have access to anybodys
> > > mailbox. You will need to run a Powershell CMDLet in order to grant access
> > > to the uers/user's mailboxes before you can usePFDAVadmin.
>
> > >http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996343(EXCHG.80).aspx
>
> > > "cjg.gro...@gmail.com" wrote:
> > > > Hello,
>
> > > > I am trying to automate giving everyone read access to everyone's
> > > > calendar using Exchange 2007 SP1. PFDAVAdmincan not access mailbox
> > > > data (when running it directly on the single Exchange server). It
> > > > gets a list of mailboxes, but when I try to view mailbox details, I
> > > > get "error 401 - unauthorized" and "Name can not begin with '0'".
>
> > > > I've tried connecting it with every account, installing "WebDAV
> > > > publishing", setting the "\exadmin\" virtual directory permission to
> > > > anonymous access, turning off the firewall, removing SSL from legacy
> > > > virtual directories, and more.
>
> > > > IIS Manager shows the \exadmin\ virtual folder is empty; should it
> > > > redirect somewhere for 2007?
>
> > > > Are there other configuration prerequisites forPFDAVAdminto work on
> > > > a very simple fresh install of Exchange 2007 SP1 and Windows Server
> > > > 2003? Thank you.
>
> > Thank you for the reply, but neither EMS cmdlet worked. I tried:
>
> > Get-Mailbox | Add-MailboxPermission -User "username" -AccessRights
> > FullAccess
>
> > Get-MailboxDatabase -Server "servername" | Add-ADPermission -User
> > "username" -ExtendedRights Receive-As
>
> > I restarted the Information Store after each and even rebooted after
> > Add-MailboxPermission. I still could not expand the mailboxes to view
> > their data inPFDAVAdmin.
>
> > Maybe the \exadmin\ virtual folder has a problem. IIS Manager shows
> > that it is empty, pointing to \\.\BackOfficeStorage. This all seems
> > like legacy Exchange 2003. Do they need to be remapped to Exchange
> > 2007?
>
> > Is there a simple way to confirm that \exadmin\ is working? Accessing
> > it in a web browser takes me to OWA. Thanks again.
>
> Oh well, I give up on PFDAVAdmin. It is much easier to go to each
> desktop Outlook install and assign Reviewer permissions to a mail-
> enabled security group. Since I am deploying Exchange 2007 from
> scratch, I have to visit every desktop anyway.

If you just want to view the data in Exchange 2007, use Mistaya by
Henning Krause (it's at www.infinitec.de). If you want to grant
access to all accounts to a single "agent" account, then use: Add-
MailboxPermissions -Identity account_i_want_to_access -User
account_to_be_granted_access -AccessRights FullAccess

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