The Push Service is an add-on to the ResourceXpress server. It is an independent Windows Service used to update/sync booking with Exchange/O365 calendars. The benefit of using the Push Service is to reduce the number of requests made from ResourceXpress to the Exchange/O365 environment. Instead of the ResourceXpress server polling every 60 seconds any new bookings or updates are automatically pushed by
the Exchange/O365 server to ResourceXpress via a subscription.
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The below table shows the required Push Service version for the respective ResourceXpress version.
ResourceXpress Version | Push Service Version |
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ResourceXpress V2021.2 or earlier | Push Service v0.6 |
ResourceXpress V2021.4 to V2023.5 | Push Service v0.8* *requires .NET Framework 4.8 |
ResourceXpress V2024.1 or above | Push Service v0. |
9* *requires .NET Framework 4.8 |
Configure Impersonation Roles in Exchange
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Push Service Installation and Configuration
Install and Configure
Step 1: Please contact helpdesk@qedas.com to request the Push Server install files.
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This version of Push Service is only compatible with ResourceXpress V5 or above |
Step 2: Navigate to the download directory and run RXNewPushServiceV0.6-install.exe as administrator. Choose an installation directory or leave as default and click Next then Install and Finish.
Step 3: Navigate to the install directory, by default this will be
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A more advanced text editor, for example, Notepad++ will offer an easier way of editing the application config files than the built-in server tools such as WordPad or Notepad
Step 4: Edit the required values as detailed in the following table and save the file.
Line | Parameter | Description | Example Value |
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9 | TenantUrl | The ResourceXpress Application Server IP or FQDN. If the Push Service is running on the same server as the main application you can enter http://localhost | or http://<localrxserverFQDN> |
10 | NotificationUrl | The IP or FQDN of the server running Push Service. If Resourcexpress is integrated to a remote Exchange server or O365 this value must be the externally accessible FQDN | or |
11 | UseImpersonation | The value must be true if ResourceXpress connects to more than 20 Exchange resource mailboxes | true or false |
12 | ApiKey | The Api key of your ResourceXpress application. | 12345678910abc12def31415 |
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The ResourceXpress API key can be found on the following file on the ResourceXpress application server C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ResourceFiles\web.config Copy the value for the line <add key="ApiKey" value="12345678910abc12def31415"/> |
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
</configSections>
<appSettings>
<add key="EwsFrequency" value="5"/>
<add key="EwsFrequencyDelay" value="5"/>
<add key="ProcessSubscriptionInterval" value="1"/>
<add key="TenantUrl" value="http://localhost"/>
<add key="NotificationUrl" value="http://rxserver.domain.local"/>
<add key="UseImpersonation" value="true"/>
<add key="ApiKey" value="12345678910abc12def31415"/>
<add key="UseTLSVersion" value="1.0,1.1,1.2"/>
</appSettings>
<connectionStrings/>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1"/>
</startup>
</configuration> |
Step 5: Open Windows Services as an administrator. Right-click the RXPushService and start the service.
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