OWA mailbox policies and feature segmentation in Visual C#.NET

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Get-Mailbox OrganizationalUnit 'Exchange Users' | Set-CASMailbox -OwaMailboxPolicy 'Default'

The default OWA policy typically duplicates the default out-of-the-box segmentation properties of the OWA default Web site as installed on a CAS server and permits access to all OWA features, including the premium client. To create a new policy, go to the Organization Configuration section of EMC, select Client Access, then on the Outlook Web App Mailbox Policies tab, and select the New Outlook Web App Mailbox Policy option in the action pane. A wizard then allows you to select which features you want users to access (Figure 10-25). In this case, we create a policy to restrict access to the OWA Light version that also selectively disables some OWA features.

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The easiest way to apply any OWA policy, including the default policy, to a set of mailboxes is with the Set-CASMailbox cmdlet. For example, this command fetches all the mailboxes that belong to the Exchange Users organizational unit (OU) and pipes them to Set-CASMailbox to apply the default OWA mailbox policy:

Table 10-3 lists the features that you can control in an OWA mailbox policy. Some of these features depend on other components (text messaging, public folders, and instant messaging), and others require a really good reason before you disable them. For example, it usually doesn t make much sense to disable the Change Password feature because handling user requests to change their passwords creates extra work for help desks.

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If enabled, users can access details of the mobile devices that they ECP have synchronized, including the ability to wipe devices if they are lost and retrieve logs containing details of synchronization operations. If disabled, the option is removed from ECP. If enabled, a user can see all defined address lists in the directory. If OWA disabled, they can only see the GAL. If enabled, users can access the Calendar application. If disabled, the icon is removed from OWA. If enabled, users can access the Contacts application. If disabled, the icon is removed from OWA. OWA OWA

If enabled, users can see the Journal folder in their folder list. If dis- OWA abled, OWA hides the folder. If enabled, users can access the options to control junk mail proECP cessing such as blocked and safe user lists. If disabled, the option is removed from ECP.

If enabled, OWA will provide users with notifications of new messages, meeting reminders, and so on. If disabled, these notifications are suppressed. If enabled, users can access the Notes application. If disabled, the icon is removed from OWA.

If enabled, users are able to use the premium client with a browser OWA that supports this client. If disabled, users are forced to use the standard client no matter which browser they use. If enabled, users can access search folders created by Outlook. If disabled, these folders are suppressed. If enabled, users can access the option to create or modify email signatures and apply them to outgoing messages. If disabled, the option is removed from ECP. OWA ECP

If enabled, users can spell check the content of messages. If disOWA abled, the option is removed from OWA. Even when enabled, users do not have the option to customize their spelling dictionary. If enabled, users can create and manage tasks in OWA. If disabled, OWA the option is suppressed. If enabled, users can select a theme other than the default and apply itto OWA and ECP. If disabled, the option is suppressed. If this feature is enabled and the mailbox is enabled for UM, users areable to access and manage their UM settings through ECP. If disabled, the option is removed. OWA/ECP ECP