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Set Basic authentication for the
Microsoft Exchange Web Services
protocol

The
BlackBerry Push Notifications
service supports Basic, NTLM and
Windows
Authentication when connecting with
Microsoft Exchange Server
using
Microsoft Exchange Web Services
(EWS). Basic authentication is turned off by default on the
Microsoft Exchange Server
.
Optionally, if Basic authentication is preferred, the command that follows can be used to update
Microsoft Exchange
to use Basic authentication for EWS connectivity. Regardless of authentication method used on
Microsoft Exchange
for EWS, no extra configuration is necessary for
BEMS
.
  1. Open
    Microsoft Exchange Management Shell
    .
  2. Type
    Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -Identity "
    Contoso\EWS(Default Web Site)
    " -BasicAuthentication $true
    .
    Where
    Contoso\EWS(Default Web Site)
    is the identity for the
    Microsoft Exchange Web Services
    virtual directory.