Re: SBS 2003 OWA Calendar not working

From: Jim Behning (jimbehningmvp_at_atl.mindspring.com)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:26:47 GMT

What happens when you connect to the server using the /remote url?
http://mailservernamefoundinthemxrecords/remote

microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs is the SBS 2003 newsgroup.

"John Wilson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have recently set up a new SBS 2003 server behind a
>firewall and have configured port forwarding to enable
>access to Outlook Web Access from the Internet.
>
>Users are able to connect and log in OK and get to their
>mailbox, and the Basic version works fine. But the
>premium version calendar does not work at all, we are
>just getting a "View Updating" hourglass which never
>times out or gives an error message.
>
>This does not happen if we access OWA from the browser on
>the server itself on a Remote Desktop Session but still
>does not work if we connect via VPN to the Server
>directly, rather than through port forwarding.
>
>Either there is some problem with the firewall, I have
>not enabled enough ports or there is something on the
>client Machines (Windows XP Pro running Outlook 2000)
>that is stopping it working.
>
>I am really hoping that someone has a solution for this
>as we were hoping to use OWA at remote sites to avoid the
>complexity of setting up VPN and direct client
>connections.
>
>Any ideas appreciated.
>
>John Wilson

Jim B. SBS MVP
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