Configure allowed Exchange forests and servers

Adaxes can be configured to only connect to specific Exchange servers and not to manage Exchange in specific forests.

Specify allowed Exchange servers

To configure Adaxes to only connect to Exchange servers from a predefined list:

1. Navigate to the folder where Adaxes service is installed. By default, the folder is C:\Program Files\Softerra\Adaxes 3\Service.

2. Open the Softerra.Adaxes.Service.exe.config file with a text editor.

3. Locate XML element softerra.adaxes\exchangeSettings\powerShell.

4. Add the allowedRemoteServers parameter to the element and specify a comma-separated list of fully qualified domain names of the servers.

   <configuration>
       ...
       <softerra.adaxes>
           ...
           <exchangeSettings ...>
               ...
               <powerShell ... allowedRemoteServers="exchserver1.example.com,exchserver2.acme.com">
   

5. Save the file.

6. Restart the Adaxes service.

Specify forests where Exchange is not managed

To specify the forests where you do not want to manage Exchange:

1. Navigate to the folder where Adaxes service is installed. By default, the folder is C:\Program Files\Softerra\Adaxes 3\Service.

2. Open the Softerra.Adaxes.Service.exe.config file with a text editor.

3. Locate XML element configuration\softerra.adaxes\exchangeSettings.

4. Add the ignoredForestNames parameter to the element and specify a comma-separated list of the forests.

   <configuration>
       ...
       <softerra.adaxes>
           ...
           <exchangeSettings ... ignoredForestNames="acme.com,fabrikam.com,legacyforest.com">
   

5. Save the file.

6. Restart the Adaxes service.