Obtaining Evolution EWS
For Ubuntu, Debian, and their variants, open a terminal and run the following shell commands:
sudo apt-get remove evolution sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install evolution sudo apt-get install evolution-ews
(The first command will remove any existing version in case an older, non-EWS-aware version is present.)
For Fedora or RedHat, open a terminal and run the following shell commands:
sudo yum update sudo yum install evolution sudo yum install evolution-ews
Configuring Evolution-EWS to connect to Exchange
Launch the Evolution application. If this is a new installation, follow the prompts below to configure your account. Otherwise, select the menu items File → New → Mail Account, click Next, then follow the prompts.
- Enter your name and your primary email address, uncheck Look up mail server details… and click Next.
- For Server Type, select Exchange Web Services.
- For Username, add your username@uio.no.
- Change Host URL to https://mail.uio.no/EWS/Exchange.asmx .
Click the Fetch URL button, providing your username and password when prompted. This will result in the OAB URL field being populated, which is the address from which the client can download a copy of the Offline Address Book. Note! This does not work with NTML auth and you must make sure that it says basic to get the URL TO OAB. - Change Authentication to OAuth2 (Office365).
- Make sure that Override Office365 OAuth2 settings is checked and populate the Tenant ID and Application ID fields as follows:
- Tenant ID: 463b6811-b0a4-4b2a-b932-72c4c970c5d2
- Application ID: 20460e5d-ce91-49af-a3a5-70b6be7486d1
- Finish the New Mail Account Wizard, and you will then be taken to the University’s login page. Authenticate with your username and password, and perform two-factor authentication.
Please note that the initial synchronization with your account may take an extended period of time if you have a large mailbox.