Supported email service configurations for server-side synchronization
Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2013
Depending on your Microsoft Dynamics CRM installation, you may be deciding whether to use server-side synchronization or the Email Router/Outlook synchronization. This following table lists what is supported by server-side synchronization for each type of installation. Later in this topic, you can read about the scenarios that aren’t supported by server-side synchronization.
Important
The information here represents the POP3/SMTP systems supported by Microsoft. Although other POP3/SMTP systems may work with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, those systems were not been tested by Microsoft and are not supported.
CRM deployment |
Email system |
Email synchronization |
Appointments, contacts, and tasks synchronization |
Protocol |
---|---|---|---|---|
CRM (on-premises) |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Exchange Web Services |
CRM (on-premises) |
|
Yes |
No |
POP3/SMTP |
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online |
Exchange Online |
Yes |
Yes |
Exchange Web Services |
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online |
|
Yes |
No |
POP3/SMTP |
1 May be unsupported for FIPS-compliancy. See the following section for more information.
Unsupported email service configurations
Server-side synchronization doesn’t support the following scenarios:
Hybrid deployments:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online with Exchange (on-premises)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM (on-premises) with Exchange Online
Mix of Exchange/SMTP and POP3/Exchange
Creation of mass email marketing campaigns
Extensibility scenarios like extending EWS/POP3/SMTP protocols and creating custom email providers
Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007
Server-side synchronization in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, or in a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 (on premises) deployment that is configured for FIPS 140-2 compliancy, requires a POP3/SMTP email server that is also FIPS 140-2 compliant. Some email servers are not FIPS 140-2 compliant, such as MSN, Outlook.com, or Windows Live Mail.
For most situations not supported by server-side synchronization, you can use the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Email Router. More information: Planning messaging integration in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013
Note
We recommend that you don’t use a mixed configuration of Outlook synchronization and server-side synchronization for appointments, contacts, and tasks in the same organization, because it may result in updated CRM data not synchronizing to all attendees.
See Also
Server-side synchronization of email, appointments, contacts, and tasks
Error logging for server-side synchronization
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