Oulook User Switching

[hc98br]

I will soon be trying to teach email to a group of students. Because of various network issues I have all the users logon to the Windows XP machines as the same user, all in all everything is much easier and we have no security or data problems.

Except.. I wan't to use MS Outlook as the email client, all I need is to be promted for an Exchange user name and password as Outlook opens so that the user can logon to their mailbox, sounds staright forward - but I'm lost!!!

Any help would be much appricited.


Cheers

Ben.

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[Marcs41]

So simple, goto the control panel, Mail - and create profiles as you need.
Leave the check box on 'prompt for a profile'

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[hc98br]

I tried that, maybe I'm getting something wrong, but there is nowhere to enter a password, so if I try to open the new profile I get:

"Unable to display the selected folder or item. You do not have permission to log on"

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[Marcs41]

I see.
Of course, since the system (XP) is looged on as 1 user all the time, then that userid has to have access to all mailboxes you want in the profiles.
Otherwise, you need to create useraccounts and have them logoff and on, or switch user.

Marc
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[dennisbbb]

Marcs41 is right on. By default the authetication by the server pulls info from the WinXP logon username and password.

You can however change. While you setup the different profiles, click on "more settings" to change the Logon Network Security to NONE:

Here's more info:

Logon network security

Specifies a password authentication option. To log on to Microsoft Exchange Server with the same network security password that you established when you logged on to your network, click NT Password Authentication. If you select None, you will be prompted for your logon password when you start Outlook. Consult your network administrator to determine which option to select.

 

[hc98br]

Thanks dennisbbb, that's pretty much what I wanted.

Its still a little complicated though, having played with it it seems that you need to create the profile via the control panel so that you can set the security level correctly, I think this is a little complicated for my students to understand!

By setting the security to NONE, I get asked for a USERNAME and password, is it possible to 'dynamically' set the mailbox name to the user name when they log-on,

That way I could have one profile, with a dynamic mailbox name that they open and just asks for a username and password - then there straight into their mailbox!!


Thanks for any help

Ben.

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[Marcs41]

No Ben, that will not work like that.
Exchange needs your authentication BEFORE connecting you, but it also needs to know WHAT to try to connect to, so it can check the authentication.
Bottom line, dynamic will not work.

An alternative would be to have them use OWA, then you can do what you want.
All they need to do is browse to

http://yourservername/Exchange/John

.. Joe etc
They will then get a prompt for username and pwd, but you don't need profiles then.

Marc
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[hc98br]

Fair enough! That's kinda what I thought, just clutching at straws

OWA is a good idea, and I had considered it, just does not work like the real thing! Important when I'm teaching - and then testing using simulation exam software!


Thanks for you help

Ben.

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