Installation guide

Protocol con-
figuration
Microsoft Outlook
required?
Description Suggested use
MAPI/MAPI
Yes Requires Exchange 5.5
server or later.
Use it to access old Exchange versions
(Exchange 2003 or even older). MAPI
requires a Microsoft mail client on the
machine running the ShareScan Manager.
MAPI protocol does not support saving
new contacts to the users' Personal
Contact list; queries against Personal
Contacts can be executed.
LDAP/MAPI
Yes Requires that the specified
Service Account has access
to a Global catalog server in
the forest where the
ShareScan Manager is
running.
Requires Exchange Server
2003 or later.
MAPI along with LDAP is recommended
when your organizational unit uses old
Exchange versions, but Global Catalog
servers are available for GAL queries. You
can restrict LDAP queries with profile
settings for the organizational unit which
uses a particular scanning device; queries
are executed faster, and the result lists are
considerably shorter.
LDAP/WEBDAV
No Requires that the specified
Service Account has access
to a Global catalog server in
the forest where the
ShareScan Manager is
running.
Requires Exchange server
2003 or later.
WEBDAV along with LDAP is
recommended when your company
employs lot of people, uses Exchange
2007 or earlier Exchange servers, and
needs simple firewall setups and
communication over secured HTTPS.
TCP ports 80 and 443 are supported (the
latter for HTTPS communication).
WEBDAV is not supported in Exchange
versions above 2007, it was replaced by
EWS in Exchange 2010.
WEBDAV/WEBDAV
No Requires the front-end
Exchange Server to be
version 2003 or later.
WEBDAV is recommended when your
company uses Exchange 2007 or earlier
Exchange servers, and needs simple
firewall setups and communication over
HTTP/HTTPS.
TCP ports 80 and 443 are supported (the
latter for HTTPS communication).
WEBDAV is not supported in Exchange
versions above 2007, it was replaced by
EWS in Exchange 2010.