Prepare Exchange Systems For Riva Connections

Rawan Maarouf
Rawan Maarouf
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Audience: Messaging Team or Exchange Administrator.

To prepare the Exchange environment for a Riva connection, select the article that matches your environment:

How to Select the Correct Riva Connection

Certified Messaging Systems:

  • Office 365 / Exchange Online.
  • Commercially hosted Exchange 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007 SP1 RU1+.
  • On-Premise Exchange 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007 SP1 RU1+.
  • Commercially hosted Exchange 2003 SP1+ (MAPI only).  (no longer supported)
  • On-Premise Exchange 2003 SP1+ (MAPI only).  (no longer supported)

Riva Connection Methods. Riva On-Premise uses the following types of Exchange connection methods:

Exchange Deployment Recommended Connection Supported Connections
Office 365 Exchange Online Microsoft Office 365 Connection for Microsoft Modern Exchange Connector (Graph) & EWS  
Commercially hosted Exchange
2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007 SP1 RU1+
Exchange Web Services (EWS) MAPI: Outlook Profile > Outlook Anywhere 
On-Premises Exchange
2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007 SP1 RU1+
Exchange Web Services (EWS) Direct MAPI 
MAPI: Outlook Profile > Outlook Anywhere 
Commercially hosted Exchange 2003 
2003 SP1+ 
MAPI: Outlook Profile > RPC over HTTP   
On-Premises Exchange 2003 
2003 SP1+ 
Direct MAPI  MAPI: Outlook Profile > RPC over HTTP 

 

  • Exchange Web Services (EWS): This is the recommended connection method for Office 365 Exchange Online and Exchange 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007 (hosted and on-premises). EWS is not supported for Exchange 2003.
  • Messaging API (MAPI)This is the connection type for Exchange 2003 and is supported for Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010. This connection method requires the Outlook client to be installed on the Windows system that hosts the Riva On-Premise server. Because of the Outlook client requirement, Riva must not be hosted on the Exchange server.   (no longer supported)