RE: username format for OWA "DC or Member server"
- From: TA-Joe <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:19:04 -0800
Sorry to say now, I haven't had much of a responcse at all. I've heard some
people say that they had the same problem, some say they can still use the
original username and password even after moving from a DC to a standalone.
To me it makes sense, if your using OWA and your server was a DC, then
demoted to a member server, when it tries to authenticate you it no longer
has a local copy of the directory data. So it will require more than just a
username and password to authenticate you, it needs to know the domain too.
There is a spot to specify a default domain in the OWA settings somewhere,
but that didn't work for me either. Its a pain for users, but makes sense to
me as to why it happens. Let me know if I can help anymore.
Thanks
Joe
"Heather" wrote:
> Joe, have you had any help or got any further with this issue? Reason I ask
> is that we are having similar problems and our situation is that we have also
> changed the Exchange server from being on a DC to having its own server.
> I would be really interested to hear more on this subject!
> Thanks
> Heather
>
> "TA-Joe" wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > This is more for confirmation on my part than a real question. Here is
> > what I have observed regarding the required format of the username in OWA
> > when Exchange is on a domain controller or not.
> >
> > Scenario 1:
> > Exchange 2003 installed on Windows 2000 server in a 2003 Active Directory
> > Domain. Server is a domain controller. When users use OWA and login, they
> > can use this format for their login:
> >
> > username
> > password
> >
> > Scenario 2:
> > Exchange 203 is installed on a Windows Server 2003 Member server in a
> > 2003 Active Directory domain. When users use OWA and try to login with:
> >
> > username
> > password
> >
> > they get re-prompted for their logon credentials. Only the following will
> > allow a logon to OWA:
> >
> > domain\username
> > password
> >
> > or
> >
> > username@xxxxxxxxxx
> > password
> >
> > Just using your username no longer worked for me when Exchange was moved off
> > of a domain controller.
> >
> > My reasoning on this would be that when Exchange was installed on a DC,
> > it knew that user by the username only because it was a DC, it didn't need
> > to know the domain or the users e-mail to authenticate. When we moved
> > Exchange 2003 to a member server, who was not a DC, and did know all the
> > users on the domain, we started getting prompted for domain\username or
> > username@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > I posted info about this before and no one seemed to understand or if
> > they did, had never seen this first hand.
> >
> > Is the above expected behavior (I think it is)? It makes sense to me,
> > but others have disagreed with me. Anyone care to comment or share their
> > thoughts on this.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Joe
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