Kudos for old rope

OK, so it has been on my "To Do" list for ages. I finally got around to doing it though, so I'm a) feeling smug and b) it worked so I'm feeling smug.

Mother wanted to be on my Exchange server at home. Lots of ways to achieve it, but the poshest way is RPC over HTTPs. Looks good, works fast and means email backups are my responsibility, not hers.

So we set up the VPN. That means Outlook can do an RPC connect to look up the local Exchange server name and also give direct file://fileserver.mydomain.com access to users folders, install points and so on. So Outlook to Exchange, set up the RPC over HTTPs, remembering this time to use basic authentication otherwise it fails at the first hurdle. Then drag and drop the email folders from the PC based personal folders up to the Exchange box. Then remove the personal folders from Outlook, job done.

Tick number one.

Then bin the VPN and test the RPC link. OK, we're good to go. The VPN gave the first server no problem and a dfsroot now exists which should simplify the "where are all the bits I need". Now internal emails are easier and the distribution list will be used more.

All done properly, no messing about and not a wizard in sight.