I am setting up a Nokia Lumia phone, which runs Windows Phone 7.5 \u201cMango\u201d. I am impressed with the smoothness of the setup experience, though I had one slight hassle which I do not blame on Nokia or Microsoft because it is is not typical.<\/p>\n
I run an Exchange Server (and SharePoint) for test purposes with a self-signed certificate. On the iPhone and I think Android, you just get a warning the first time you connect and after that it all works. Windows Phone though gives you a certificate error when Outlook tries to connect and will not let you proceed further.<\/p>\n
Which of these approaches is right is a moot point: convenience versus security I guess.<\/p>\n
Fortunately it is not too hard to get Windows Phone to trust your certificates. Here is what I did:<\/p>\n
1. Email the certificate(s) to myself on Google Mail.<\/p>\n
2. Go to Google Mail in the phone\u2019s browser. For this to work I found I had to use the Basic HTML view, as the mobile view did not let me download the attachments.<\/p>\n
3. Open the email you sent to yourself. Tap the attachment. Windows Phone offers to install the certificate, tap to install.<\/p>\n
4. Now go back to Outlook and synchronise, everything works.<\/p>\n
You will also need this for SharePoint if you want to use Office on the device.<\/p>\n
Of course if your Exchange and SharePoint use a certificate from a trusted certificate provider then these steps are not necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am setting up a Nokia Lumia phone, which runs Windows Phone 7.5 \u201cMango\u201d. I am impressed with the smoothness of the setup experience, though I had one slight hassle which I do not blame on Nokia or Microsoft because it is is not typical. I run an Exchange Server (and SharePoint) for test purposes … Continue reading Windows Phone, Exchange, and self-signed certificates<\/span>