This article discusses how to configure and manage a mobile account for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to enable users to subscribe to alerts that are sent by using Short Message Service (SMS). The alerts are sent to users’ mobile phones when changes are made to a SharePoint list or item.<\/p>\n
The mobile alert feature resembles a feature that already exists in SharePoint Server 2010 that enables outgoing e-mail alerts. However, instead of receiving alerts via e-mail when changes are made in a SharePoint list or item, users receive the alerts on their mobile phones.<\/p>\n
A SharePoint site is usually located on an intranet. As a result, access to the SharePoint site can be difficult when users are away from the office—for example, when they are traveling or attending a business dinner. The mobile alert feature enables users to react quickly when they receive an SMS alert that an item in a SharePoint list has changed.<\/p>\n
You can configure one mobile account for all Web applications in a server farm, or you can configure the mobile account for a specific Web application; however, you can only configure one mobile account in the farm. The scale of your implementation might determine whether you configure the mobile account for the farm or for a specific Web application. If you configure the mobile account for a server farm, everyone in the organization can subscribe to alerts. This is useful, for example, in a small organization in which management wants all users to receive certain alerts. If you have several Web applications that divide your organization into groups, you might want to configure a mobile account for only one of those groups; for example, you want to configure a mobile account to enable everyone in the sales group to subscribe to alerts.<\/p>\n
Before you perform these procedures, confirm that:<\/p>\n
Procedures in this article:<\/p>\n
Before you configure a mobile account, you must import the root certificate of the service provider’s HTTPS Web address, and then create a trusted root authority. This step can only be performed manually by using Windows PowerShell.<\/p>\n
To import a root certificate and create a trusted root authority by using Windows PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n To create a trusted root authority, at the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:<\/p>\n Where:<\/p>\n You can configure a mobile account for a server farm or for a specific Web application, either by using Central <\/span>Administration or Windows PowerShell.<\/p>\n To configure or edit a mobile account for a server farm by using Central Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:<\/p>\n 2. On the Central Administration Home page, click System Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 3. On the System Settings page, in the E-Mail and Text Messages (SMS)<\/strong> section, click Configure mobile account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 4. On the Mobile Account Settings page, in the Text Message (SMS) Service Settings<\/strong> section, click the Microsoft Office Online<\/strong> link to access a list of service providers.<\/p>\n 5. On the Find an Office 2010 Mobile Service Provider page, in the Choose your wireless service provider’s country\/region<\/strong> list, select the country or region in which your wireless service provider is located.<\/p>\n 6. On the Find an Office 2010 Mobile Service Provider page, in the Choose your current wireless service provider<\/strong> list, select the wireless service provider that you want to use.<\/p>\n After you make this selection, you are directed to the Web site of the service provider that you selected. On the Web site, you apply for the SMS service. When you receive the required information from the service provider, return to the Mobile Accounts Settings page.<\/p>\n 7. In the The URL of Text Message (SMS) Service<\/strong> box, type the URL of the SMS service.<\/p>\n 8. In the User Name box<\/strong> and Password<\/strong> box, type the user name and password that you received from the SMS service provider.<\/p>\n 9. To confirm that the URL and user credentials are correct, click Test Service<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 10. Click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To configure or edit a mobile account for a server farm by using Windows PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n Where:<\/p>\n Example: <\/strong><\/p>\n Or, if you use the pipeline operator, type the following command:<\/p>\n To configure or edit a mobile account for a Web application by using Central Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:<\/p>\n 2. On the Central Administration Home page, click System Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 3. On the System Settings page, in the E-Mail and Text Messages (SMS)<\/strong> section, click Configure mobile account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 4. On the Mobile Account Settings page, in the Text Message (SMS) Service Settings<\/strong> section, click the Microsoft Office Online<\/strong> link to access a list of service providers.<\/p>\n 5. On the Find an Office 2010 Mobile Service Provider page, in the Choose your wireless service provider’s country\/region<\/strong> list, select the country or region in which your wireless service provider is located.<\/p>\n 6. On the Find an Office 2010 Mobile Service Provider page, in the Choose your current wireless service provider<\/strong> list, select the wireless service provider that you want to use.<\/p>\n After you make this selection, you are directed to the Web site of the service provider that you selected. On the Web site, you apply for the SMS service. When you receive the required information from the service provider, return to the Mobile Accounts Settings page.<\/p>\n 7. In the The URL of Text Message (SMS) Service<\/strong> box, type the URL of the SMS service.<\/p>\n 8. In the User Name box<\/strong> and Password<\/strong> box, type the user name and password that you received from the SMS service provider.<\/p>\n 9. To confirm that the URL and user credentials are correct, click Test Service<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 10. Click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To configure or edit a mobile account for a Web application by using Windows PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n Set-SPMobileMessagingAccount -Identity sms -WebApplication <WebApplicationUrl> [-ServiceUrl <ServiceUrl>] [-UserId <UserId>] [-Password <Password>]<\/p>\n Where:<\/p>\n Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n Or, if you use the pipeline operator, type the following command:<\/p>\n You can retrieve mobile account information for a server farm or for a Web application by using Windows PowerShell. You might want to do this to view the mobile account information or, for example, verify that the set<\/strong> cmdlet works correctly.<\/p>\n To retrieve mobile account information for a server farm by using Windows PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n Where is the Central Administration URL.<\/p>\n Example <\/strong><\/p>\n Or, if you use the pipeline operator, type the following command:<\/p>\n To retrieve mobile account information for a Web application by using Windows PowerShell<\/p>\n Where is the Web application URL.<\/p>\n Example <\/strong><\/p>\n Or, if you use the pipeline operator, type the following command:<\/p>\n You can delete a mobile account for a server farm or for a Web application. This makes the account unavailable so users can no longer subscribe to SMS alerts, but it does not delete the account that you set up with the service provider. You might want to delete a mobile account if, for example, the organization decides that there is no business value in sending out SMS alerts to users.<\/p>\n To delete a mobile account for a server farm<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:<\/p>\n 2. On the Central Administration Home page, click System Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 3. On the System Settings page, in the E-mail and Text Messages (SMS)<\/strong> section, click Configure mobile account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 4. On the Mobile Account Settings page, clear entries from all the boxes, and then click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To delete a mobile account for a Web application<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:<\/p>\n 2. On the Central Administration Home page, in the Application Management<\/strong> section, click Manage web applications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 3. In General Settings<\/strong> on the ribbon, click Mobile Account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 4. 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$cert = Get-PfxCertificate <ObtainedCertificatePath><\/pre>\n
New-SPTrustedRootAuthority -Name <Name> -Certificate $cert<\/pre>\n
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Configure a mobile account<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\n <\/strong>Note: <\/strong><\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n If you cannot configure a mobile account, you may have the wrong certificate file. In that case, contact your service provider<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n
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\n <\/strong>Note: <\/strong><\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ensure that the service URL you enter is an HTTPS URL.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n
Set-SPMobileMessagingAccount -Identity sms -WebApplication <WebApplicationUrl> [-ServiceUrl <ServiceUrl>] [-UserId <UserId>] [-Password <Password>]<\/pre>\n
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Set-SPMobileMessagingAccount -Identity sms -WebApplication http:\/\/myserver:8080 -ServiceUrl https:\/\/www.example.com\/omsservice.asmx -UserId someone@example.com -Password password1<\/pre>\n
Get-SPWebApplication -Identity http:\/\/myserver:8080 | Set-SPMobileMessagingAccount -Identity sms -ServiceUrl https:\/\/www.example.com\/omsservice.asmx -UserId someone@example.com -Password password1<\/pre>\n
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\n <\/strong>Note: <\/strong><\/span> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ensure that the service URL you enter is an HTTPS URL.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n
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\n <\/strong>Note: <\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ensure that the service URL you enter is an HTTPS UR<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n
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Set-SPMobileMessagingAccount -Identity sms -WebApplication http:\/\/localhost -ServiceUrl https:\/\/www.example.com\/omsservice.asmx -UserId someone@example.com -Password password1<\/pre>\n
Get-SPWebapplication -Identity http:\/\/localhost | Set-SPMobileMessagingAccount ?Identity sms -ServiceUrl https:\/\/www.example.com\/omsservice.asmx -UserId someone@example.com -Password password1<\/pre>\n
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\n <\/strong>Note: <\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ensure that the service URL you enter is an HTTPS URL.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Retrieve mobile account information<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Get-SPMobileMessagingAccount -WebApplication<\/pre>\n
Get-SPMobileMessagingAccount -WebApplication http:\/\/myserver<\/pre>\n
Get-SPWebApplication -Identity http:\/\/myserver | Get-SPMobileMessagingAccount -AccountType sms<\/pre>\n
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Get-SPMobileMessagingAccount -WebApplication<\/pre>\n
Get-SPMobileMessagingAccount -WebApplication http:\/\/localhost<\/pre>\n
Get-SPWebApplication -Identity http:\/\/localhost | Get-SPMobileMessagingAccount -AccountType sms<\/pre>\n
Delete a mobile account<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\n <\/strong>Note: <\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n There is no equivalent Windows PowerShell functionality.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n
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