Outlook Web Access (OWA) Calendar Synchronization

frejos · #1 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 06:30 PM

I have written a program for WM6 that will download (over the air) calendar items from OWA. The program actually connects to OWA via HTTPS and interacts with OWA via HTTPS and parses the HTML to retrieve the calendar items.

You may be asking yourself, why not use OMA that is built into Exchange? The short answer is that my IT department intentionally disabled this feature of Exchange. However, the only way to stop this program would be to disable OWA itself.

My question is: would this be useful to anyone else? Currently this is only useful for myself, and I want to know if I should put forth the effort to make it more "commercial quality" or not. Anyone need this functionality, or think it would be useful?

Thanks,

Josh
HTC Mogul / PPC 6800

**gadgetfreak** · #2 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 06:57 PM

Go for it. My corporate IT is just as stubborn and I could really use that sort of access. I'll volunteer to test it for you, too...

**gadgetfreak** · #3 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 07:02 PM

I wonder if their is a way to be able to sync e-mail and contacts that way as well...

frejos · #4 (**permalink**) 02-10-2008, 11:59 PM

Yes, anything that is available in OWA would be a candidate. (Tasks, Mail, Contacts, Calendar, etc...) Right now it is just a one way (OWA to device) sync for the calendar. This is a bit fragile, since it depends on the HTML inside OWA. Special templates and different versions of OWA would likely break the program, at least right now.

Anyone else interested in such a program?

-Josh

**GoodThings2Life** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-11-2008, 08:01 AM

Calendar and Tasks would definitely be a HUGE benefit to me!

My biggest reason is that I use 2 Exchange accounts (work and personal), and ActiveSync only lets you sync with one Exchange at a time, so this would be a huge improvement.

**GoodThings2Life** · #6 (**permalink**) 02-11-2008, 08:04 AM

PS-- Don't suppose you'd want to develop a Blackberry version too, lol.

aggie6600 · #7 (**permalink**) 02-11-2008, 04:50 PM

My IT department is the same way. I would be interested if it pulled Calander and Email. Two way connumication would be even better

jayresc · #8 (**permalink**) 02-11-2008, 04:52 PM

This sure would help me out too!!!

Papagolf · #9 (**permalink**) 02-11-2008, 04:58 PM

I'm in the same boat... Our IT people only support blackberrys

will this work with RSA Securid keyfobs?

**jamesus** · #10 (**permalink**) 02-12-2008, 06:59 PM

If you could get 2 way sync, I think that many of us who have been ostracized by our IT departments would love you!!!

+1 for development on this app!