Retrieve Data from Exchange Online

To automatically retrieve content from Exchange Online, create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs each fetch task automatically, based on the schedule that is defined in the configuration file.

To create a new Fetch Task

  1. Stop the connector.
  2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.
  3. In the [FetchTasks] section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the Number parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type Number=1. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the Number parameter by one (1). Below the Number parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

    [FetchTasks]
    Number=1
    0=MyTask
  4. Below the [FetchTasks] section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

    [FetchTasks]
    Number=1
    0=MyTask
    
    [MyTask]
  1. Ensure that the relevant OAuth parameters are included in the configuration file. For example, the following line imports the relevant parameters from a file named oauth.cfg. This file is generated by the OAuth configuration tool that is supplied with the connector (see Install Exchange OData Connector).

    [MyTask] < "oauth.cfg" [OAUTH]

    For more information about importing parameters into a configuration file, see Include an External Configuration File.

  2. (Optional) If a proxy server is required to access Exchange Online, set the following parameters.

    ProxyHost The host name or IP address of the proxy server.
    ProxyPort The port of the proxy server.
    ProxyUsername (Optional) The user name to use to authenticate with the proxy server.
    ProxyPassword (Optional) The password to use to authenticate with the proxy server.
  3. (Optional) You can set further parameters to configure what to synchronize.

    ProcessMailFolders A Boolean value that specifies whether to retrieve data from mail folders.
    ProcessCalendars A Boolean value that specifies whether to retrieve information from calendars.

    For a complete list of configuration parameters that you can use, refer to the Exchange OData Connector Reference.

  4. Save and close the configuration file.