# Notifications from an Microsoft Exchange Server **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 5, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529 "2016-07-05T10:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rsgwilt](https://forums.blinkstick.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@rsgwilt](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/rsgwilt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/1 "2016-07-05T10:40:44Z")
Hi, Does anyone know how to get new mail notifications from an email account using Microsoft Exchange server? My work email uses this protocol and I would like a visual method of notifying me I have new emails because it often outlook is minimised. Thank you for your help and ideas, Richard ---
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/2 "2016-07-05T10:55:07Z")
Hi Richard and welcome to the forums! I’ll add this feature in the next release of BlinkStick Client application. Thanks for the idea! ---
**Author:** ![rsgwilt](https://forums.blinkstick.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@rsgwilt](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/rsgwilt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/3 "2016-07-05T11:00:55Z")
That would be amazing, if you manage to implement it i’m sure a few people in my office would be interesting in buying them as it would be a really useful too. Do you have any idea when this could happen? Thanks again for your help, Richard ---
**Author:** ![arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/arvydas/32/242_2.png) [@arvydas](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/arvydas)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/4 "2016-07-05T11:17:34Z")
What version of Exchange server are you using? This information may speed up things a little bit 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rsgwilt](https://forums.blinkstick.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@rsgwilt](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/rsgwilt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/5 "2016-07-05T11:21:17Z")
Just had a look and it appears to be Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2, or 14.3.279.4002 if that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![awollenh](https://forums.blinkstick.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@awollenh](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/awollenh)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/6 "2016-10-28T12:50:05Z")
I use IMAP for our local EXchange ---
**Author:** ![p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/p0ke/32/14_2.png) [@p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/p0ke)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/7 "2016-10-28T16:37:32Z")
IMAP is already possible with the BlinkStick Client, but it is not active in many Exchange environments. So the idea with the connection directly to the Exchange is a good one. In addition I would think about an EWS interface. My experience is that you don´t have the problem with incompatibilities if you are using EWS. The Exchange Web Services can be used since Exchange 2010 (or they work well since 2010, maybe it was possible to get it running with 2007 already). ---
**Author:** ![aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/aric/32/411_2.png) [@aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/aric)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/8 "2017-02-16T22:27:33Z")
Following up if there is any new information on this? I started a similar thread here > [@Outlook 2010 New Email Alerts and Meeting Reminders](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/outlook-2010-new-email-alerts-and-meeting-reminders/688): > > This is really a “pre-sales” question but Support seemed like the closest category. I’ve spent some time on this site trying to find this out myself. I found a reference that the old client software had some Office integration but the new 2.0 version doesn’t. Anyway, simple question. I would like notifications when I receive a new email message and/or when a meeting reminder pops up. Is that integration available via the new 2.0 client or is there a tutorial about how to generate scripts th… I’m looking for this level of integration as well as a trigger when the 15 minutes before a meeting notification pops up which I’m guessing is a client side activity requiring some sort of event notification locally from Outlook. If reminders can be monitored/received via the Exchange Web Services (and I need to verify they are available in my environment) that would be an option too. I’m not afraid of doing some coding myself (even if it’s VBA.) Sorry to cross post but I hadn’t found this thread when I created mine. ---
**Author:** ![p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/p0ke/32/14_2.png) [@p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/p0ke)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/9 "2017-02-19T09:12:43Z")
Hey Aric, afaik there are no news on this. These are only suggestions for new functions from users. I´ve did a small google search and found a few hints of how to use the Outlook API or Exchange EWS. (you´ll find C# examples, VBA as well). VBA Example: > Working with the EWS API (C#) [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dd633702(v=exchg.80).aspx](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dd633702(v=exchg.80).aspx) Maybe the Outlook API solution will be the easier one, EWS needs a bit practice first. Hope this could lead you to the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/aric/32/411_2.png) [@aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/aric)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/10 "2017-02-22T20:10:13Z")
Thanks! That looks like a good start and I do prefer to work with C#. ---
**Author:** ![aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/aric/32/411_2.png) [@aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/aric)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/11 "2017-03-09T22:37:30Z")
Looks like EWS was the way to go. They have it open here (some organizations I believe will block those APIs) although I had to stick with Exchange 2007 API because that’s what they are running here. I’d be willing to share my code but I don’t want to create my own GitHub repository as that implies I would be supporting it which I don’t want to commit to. I suppose I could add it to the existing Examples .net Solution on GitHub. Only problem is I probably hardcoded some stuff that’s specific to the Nano since that’s what I had to test with. ---
**Author:** ![p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/p0ke/32/14_2.png) [@p0ke](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/p0ke)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/12 "2017-03-10T11:51:15Z")
Hey Aric, you can create a new thread and present your application there. Just upload your source as ZIP over Dropbox, Google or so and share a link in that thread. I think there are a lot people interested in this. ---
**Author:** ![aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/aric/32/411_2.png) [@aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/aric)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/13 "2017-03-31T19:23:43Z")
Just to followup I decided I would upload it to GitHub. I’m working on that now and will supply a link to it in a new thread when I’ve got it ready. ---
**Author:** ![aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/user_avatar/forums.blinkstick.com/aric/32/411_2.png) [@aric](https://forums.blinkstick.com/u/aric)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-from-an-microsoft-exchange-server/529/14 "2017-04-04T19:00:03Z")
Ok I created a new thread for the repository here: [Notifications for meetings and new email from Microsoft Exchange Server using EWS](https://forums.blinkstick.com/t/notifications-for-meetings-and-new-email-from-microsoft-exchange-server-using-ews/718)