Failure on IDataSource2::Open..

[Michel]

Hi,

Our customers is using Exchange Server 2003 and we are getting a weird error
during the open call. This problem occurs only once a week and does not seem
to be related to particular events.

The error code we receive is: 0x8000FFFF

Any ideas ?


Regards,

Michel

[Jeff Garman [MSFT]]

Michel,

This may be the same issue that sathya posted. Here's the same thing that I
posted in response to his question:

You may be encountering the same issue that we've seen recently with have a
seen with having a system policy in your ORG with the same name as the
server that you are trying to connect to. My suggestion is to check for any
system policies that have the same name as your Exchange server.

This is also documented on my blog here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffga/archive/2007/04/13/cdoexm-idatasource-open-returns-0x8000ffff-when-trying-to-connect-to-an-exchange-server.aspx

Hope this helps.
- Jeff

Post by Michel
Hi,
Our customers is using Exchange Server 2003 and we are getting a weird error
during the open call. This problem occurs only once a week and does not seem
to be related to particular events.
The error code we receive is: 0x8000FFFF
Any ideas ?
Regards,
Michel