Setting Up Users Accessing Microsoft Exchange Client from Multiple Windows Operating Systems

You can set up Microsoft Exchange Client users so they can move to any computer and access their mailbox, regardless of the Windows operating system.

Note   Roving users using Microsoft Exchange Client for MS-DOS have access to their mailboxes only from the MS-DOS client.

    To set up a roving user for all operating systems

  1. Set up each operating system to allow roving users. See the procedures later in this section.
  2. Assign Windows NT domain logon scripts for each domain user.
  3. Using Windows NT Server User Manager for Domains or a logon script, create a home directory for each user.
  4. Copy three profile (.prf) files into each user's home directory, one for each platform. See the procedures later in this section. The profile is created the first time the user logs on to a computer with that operating system. The user should save the profile in the home directory and the profile will be available the next time the user logs on to any computer with the same operating system.
  5. Follow the steps for each operating system that will be used. For more information, see "Using the Profile Generator" earlier in this appendix.

   To set up the operating system to allow roving users

Windows NT Use User Manager for Domains to create a user profile for each user.

Windows 95 Enable user profiles for Windows 95. In Control Panel, double-click Passwords, and then choose User Profiles.

Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups Add the ProfileDirectory16=<home directory> line to the [MAPI] section of the Win.ini file.

    To create profile files

  1. Run the Microsoft Exchange Server Setup Editor at the client installation point for each operating system. Running the Setup Editor creates a Default.prf profile file in the client installation directory.
  2. From the File menu, choose Set User Options, and then select the Home Server tab. Ensure the Home Server box is selected.
  3. Copy Default.prf to Win95.prf, Winnt.prf, and Win16.prf. These profile files can be identical and must contain all of the information that is to be added to the user profile, except the MailboxName. This is entered by the profile generator (Profgen.exe).