1. set up a new account - select "Exchange" (Microsoft Exchange Active Sync)

2. enter data:
User account
your KIT-account: <ab1234>∂kit.edu as employee.
(Students: <uxxxx>∂student.kit.edu; Guests and Partners: <ab1234>∂partner.kit.edu).
Password

3. start mail program of smartphone

status iPhone iOS 16.x

Mail (Exchange Account)

• Go to "Settings - Mail - Accounts".
• Add account
• Microsoft Exchange
  
• Enter the following data:
  • Email: ab1234∂kit edu as employee.
    (Students: uxxxx∂student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234∂partner kit edu).
    
• Next
• Log in to your "kit.edu" Exchange account via Microsoft?: Configure manually
  
• Enter the appropriate password
• Next
• Select the desired apps: Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Notes
• Save
• Note: The sender address of your mailbox is specified by the Exchange server.

The configuration is successfully completed.

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 - Lists - <account name< Global Address List - Search

Unfortunately, the global address book cannot be activated permanently, so you have to select it every time you search.

(status Samsung Galaxy S22 Android 14)

Configuration

• 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:
    • \kit.edu\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 is successfully completed.

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.