Re: How to detect Outlook (RPC over HTTP / OWA) sessions ?

Hi Xavier,

Thank you for your kind update. Did my reply resolve your question?

I appreciate your time and cooperation. Please do not hesitate to let me
know if you have any further concerns, I am looking forward to hearing from
you.

Additionally, I'm glad to provide the following information for your
reference:

Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2003/sp2/overview.mspx

Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2: Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2003/sp2/faq.mspx

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Release Notes
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/b/5/fb5c54af-fe5c-48e9-be97-f9e8207
325ab/Ex_2003_SP2_RelNotes.htm

How to use the RPC Ping utility to troubleshoot connectivity issues with
the Exchange over the Internet feature in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831051

827330 How to troubleshoot client RPC over HTTP connection issues in Office
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827330

833401 How to configure RPC over HTTP on a single server in Exchange Server
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833401

If you have installed the Exchange 2003 SP2, the OWA logon screen it now
requests "Domain\username:" format. To resolve it, Please kindly help me
double-check if you still able to log on to OWA by using just user name
(without the domain name).

I. If you still able to log on to OWA by using just user name (without the
domain name). On the OWA logon screen it now requests "Domain\username:"
where I think it used to request just the username. In fact you do not have
to enter the domain, it works fine without doing so, but is there a way to
correct the logon screen?

We can change "Domain name\user name:" on the logon screen to "User name:"
by following these steps:

1. Open logon.asp in C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\exchweb\bin\auth\usa with
Notepad.

2. Find the following line:

CONST L_UserName_Text = "Domain\user name:"

3. Change "Domain\user name:" to "User name:".

4. Save the logon.asp.

II. If you cannot log on to OWA by using just user name (without the
domain name), we can perform the following changes in IIS:

1. Open the properties of the Exchange Virtual Directory (under the
default web site).

2. Go to the Directory Security Tab

3. Click EDIT in Authentication and access control

4. Change the Default domain to match the NETBIOS Domain name of the
organization.

5. Ok the changes.

6. Restart the default web site.

Now, you should be able to access OWA using Forms Based Authentication by
just typing in the Username.


Best regards,

Nathan Liu (MSFT)
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>From: "Xavier" <xminet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>References: <uWZY8tS#FHA.740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: How to detect Outlook (RPC over HTTP / OWA) sessions ?
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>""Nathan Liu [MSFT]"" <v-natliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hello Xavier,
>>
>> Thank you for posting in the SBS newsgroup. I'm glad to working with you
>> again.
>>
>> My sincerest apologies for the delay in responding, please note the
>> partner

>> managed newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support
>> professionals.
>> Our goal is to provide a one business day response to all posts.
>>
>> For time critical issues (not business down), we encourage you to contact
>> CSS directly for more immediate assistance:
>> International Support (non-US/Canada):
>> http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx
>>
>> US and Canada:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;OfferProPhone
>>
>> To continue working with me in the newsgroups, please see the following:
>>
>> According to your description, I understand that you would like to detect
>> the current Outlook (RPC over HTTP / OWA) sessions, when you try to
>> restart
>> the SBS Server remotely at night. If I have misunderstood the problem,
>> please don¡¯t hesitate to let me know.
>>
>> Based on my knowledge, we can try the following steps to monitor the
>> current Outlook (RPC over HTTP / OWA) sessions:
>>
>> 1. In Exchange System Manager, expand Administrative Groups, expand
>> Servers, expand Exchange Server Name.
>>
>> 2. Expand the First Storage Group, expand Mailbox Store or Public Folder
>> Store.
>>
>> 3. Click Logons container. Here you can see who access mailbox by which
>> kind of way at what time. Let me explain it further as below.
>>
>> First of all, you can ignore these system mailboxes: System Attendant,
>> SystemMailbox {ID} and SMTP (ID) in this page.
>>
>> Then you can double check the Client Version column, you may see the
>> following categories:
>>
>> 1. HTTP: OWA session
>> 2. Client Version like 11.0.6352.0: Outlook MAPI session (RPC or RPC over
>> HTTP)
>>
>> I appreciate your time and cooperation. If anything is unclear, please
>> feel
>> free to let me know. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Nathan Liu (MSFT)
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>>
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>> ======================================================
>> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
>> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
corresponding
>> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
manner.
>> You can locate the newsgroup here:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
>>
>> When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check
>> the
>> "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there are
>> any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your newsreader,
>> please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
>> issue.
>>
>> Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
>> provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
>> different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
>> doing
>> so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>>
>> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly. Please
>> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>>
>> Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
>> ======================================================
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>>From: "Xavier" <xminet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Subject: How to detect Outlook (RPC over HTTP / OWA) sessions ?
>>>Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 00:35:58 +0100
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>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>SBS2003 provides fantastic features for working with email remotely.
>>>However, as an administrator when I do need to restart a server at night,
>> I
>>>would like to know if some of my users are connected to Exchange via OWA
>> or
>>>RPC/HTTP. Is there ant easy way to detect such sessions ?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Xavier
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>

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