(status Samsung Galaxy S22)

Note: The Outlook app for Android and iOS is blocked at KIT and therefore cannot be used.

Configuration Samsung Mail/Calendar/Contacts

Samsungs Mail App "E-Mail" with Samsungs Calendar App "Calendar" and Samsungs Contacts App "Contacts". These apps are already preinstalled on Samsung devices.

• Open Mail  App
•  - 
  (Menu - Settings)
• Add account
• "Exchange
  
• Enter the following data:
  • Email address: ab1234∂kit edu as employee.
    (Students: uxxxx∂student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234∂partner kit edu).
  • Password: your corresponding password
    
    
• Manual setup
  • Email address: your depseudonymized email address, e.g. <firstname.lastname>@kit.edu
    • Note: If this email address does not match the main sender address of the mailbox, some appointments in the calendar cannot be edited, see #calendar_problem_android.
  • Domain\UserName:
    • ab1234∂kit edu as employee.
      (Students: uxxxx∂student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234∂partner kit edu).
  • Exchange server: eas.kit.edu
  • Use secure connection (SSL): yes
  • Use client certificate: no
    
• Sign in
• Apply security settings?: apply
  
• The configuration was completed successfully. The calendar will appear in the Calendar  app, and the contacts will appear in the Contacts  app.

  Appointments cannot be edited

Some mobile devices with Android, e.g. Samsung Galaxy, may have the problem that some appointments cannot be edited on the mobile device.

The reason for this is that the email address of the Exchange (ActiveSync) account does not match the main sender address of the mailbox.

Appointments that were created or edited with another client (e.g. Outlook or OWA) cannot (or can no longer) be edited on the mobile device. Instead, you appear as both the host and the participant in the appointment.

On the left you can see an appointment that can be edited on the smartphone. The appointment on the right was created with Outlook and is displayed as a meeting and cannot be edited.

→ Solution: Configure the account manually and set the email address to the same as the main sender address of the mailbox.

  Global Address Book

It is possible to search the Global Address Book on mobile devices. The prerequisite is that the KIT mailbox is configured as an Exchange account.

If you tap on an entry in the search result, you will receive further details. If a telephone number is available, it is displayed so that you can call the contact directly.
Anyone can enter their own phone number on the page https://my.scc.kit.edu/shib/kv-daten.php so that it appears in the global address book.

(Phone - ) Contacts - Search

The global address book is automatically searched. However, as the search results are grouped, it is not immediately apparent. You can collapse the grouping by tapping on the grouping line, e.g. "Microsoft Exchane Active Sync (<account name>) x found ^", to get to the desired grouping more quickly and then expand it specifically.

Configuration Gmail/Calendar/Contacts

Googles Mail App "Gmail" with Googles Calendar App "Google Calendar" and Googles Contacts App "Contacts".

• Open Mail  App
•  - 
  (Menu - Settings)
• Add account
• Exchange and Office 365
  
• Enter the following data:
  • Email: ab1234∂kit edu as employee.
    (Students: uxxxx∂student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234∂partner kit edu).
    
• Set up manually
  • Email: your depseudonymized email address, e.g. <firstname.lastname>@kit.edu
  • Password: your corresponding password
  • client certificate: no
  • Domain\Username:
    • ab1234∂kit edu as employee.
    • (Students: uxxxx∂student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234∂partner kit edu).
  • Server: eas.kit.edu
  • Port: 443
  • Security type: SSL/TLS
      
• Next
• Done

The configuration was completed successfully. The calendar will appear in the Calendar  app, and the contacts will appear in the Contacts  app.