Preparing to Connect to Einstein Activity Capture with a Microsoft Exchange Service
Account
Before you can set up Einstein Activity Capture using the service account connection
method, make sure that you work with your Exchange admin to get things ready on the Microsoft
side.
Required Editions
Available in: Lightning Experience
Available with Einstein Activity Capture Standard in Sales in Starter,
Pro Suite, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
Available with Unlimited Edition, Einstein 1 Sales Edition, and
Agentforce 1 Edition
Available with Einstein for Sales, which is included in Einstein 1 Sales
Edition and available for an extra cost in Enterprise and
Unlimited Editions
Available with Sales Engagement, which is included with Sales in
Performance and Unlimited Editions, and available for an extra cost
in Professional and Enterprise Editions
Available with Revenue Intelligence, which is available for an extra cost in
Enterprise and Unlimited Editions
Note We’re reorganizing the Einstein Activity Capture documentation. We’re
moving some information around, but we aren’t deleting anything.
Tip For help with preparing your Exchange server, visit Microsoft’s support
website and search for the keywords mentioned here.
Here’s what your Exchange admin must do before you can set up Einstein Activity
Capture.
Create an Exchange user with a mailbox that acts as the service account.
Grant the impersonation role to a service account.
Decide which users the service account has access to.
Enable Exchange Web Services (EWS) on an SSL connection.
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