How to get a FREE Hosted Exchange EWS Account

This is what I do to test my free Android app that is integrated with EWS:

Sign-up here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/smb/products/office-365/

The trial lasts 1 month. Ensure that it is the full business trial -- Do not do a personal trial as it does not have EWS support.

Click "free trial", you'll need to provide a mobile number that can receive a text message token. This is what is used to limit your trials, but you *do not* need to provide any credit card information.

Initially, your outlook/mail options will will be greyed out and there will be a message next to them saying that they are being set-up.

EWS is enabled by default, there is no setup as such required.

Domain: [Leave this blank]

Service URL: https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx

[Note: I do have custom domain set-up in my trial account...But this generic service URL works fine...There is a lot of outdated information on what service URL to use.]

[Note: Auto-discover didn't work for me when I tried it, but that could just be limitations of my EWS implementation]

Anyway, I know it is a real pain to develop independent/free software for EWS so I hope this helps someone. I'm pretty sure this is the only way to get a free hosted EWS account [Other than begging your app users to create one!]

Cheers,

Glen

Hoverboards

I know they don't really hover, but that's what people are calling them! I recently had the opportunity to ride quite a few different models at CES.

They are a lot of fun. I don't think I would trade my skateboard for one at this point, but they have potential.

I do worry about the kids though. The falls are nasty. People tend to stand completely upright with their legs straight often falling off the back. This makes it very difficult to avoid your head making contact with the road.

  1. The board tends to runaway from you unexpectedly
  2. You're not in a crouched/skating position which makes rolling off the impact easier

I suppose they are no worst than skates/blades in this regard. But skates are much easier to control and less likely to unbalance you when you make a subtle mistake.

Here is a compilation of crashes:

Be careful with the cheap Chinese knock-off models. As a benchmark, boards costing less than about $300. There have been quite a few go up in flames: