[Tickets #14592] Re: Microsoft EWS

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Ticket URL: https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/14592
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  Ticket             | 14592
  Updated By         | Michael Rubinsky <[email protected]>
  Summary            | Microsoft EWS
  Queue              | Horde Groupware
  Version            | 5.2.17
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | Feedback
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Michael Rubinsky <[email protected]> (2019-02-13 00:44) wrote:

>> What would that get us that the current Horde API doesn't provide already?
>
> Today I discovered that it is impossible to access shared calendars  
> or address books using EAS. Apparently EAS doesn't do permissions -  
> so it doesn't expose shared calendars or address books. I use the  
> alternately the Horde native interface and Thunderbird to access  
> Horde as a back-end (using TBSync). For the reason above I can only  
> access the user's own calendar(s) or address book(s) - and not  
> others which they have been given access to. This would be a  
> limitation for all other ActiveSyns/EAS clients - such as mobile  
> phone clients or other calendaring software connecting to Horde.
>
> So that seems to me like a significant limitation. As far as I  
> understand, EWS implements permissions, so software using it can  
> expose shared calendars and address books.

That's not 100% true. Yes, EAS doesn't support permissions, but Horde  
will synchronize any shared that the user has write access to. Yes  
still a limitation, but it is extremely unlikely we will implement EWS.



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