Re: OWA/RWW question

Thanks, Crina, I think the latter part will help, I had at one point
changed the IIS server IP address due to a router switch and may not
have done an iisreset to restart the service and I know the server
hasnt been restared since then, I have reset IIS and will test
externally here shortly. I'll let you know how it goes, if that fails
I will rerun CEICW again, though I am prety sure I have done that once
or twice trying to fix the problem.

Thanks to all that replied..will update soon.


"Crina Li" wrote:
Hi Stacemen,

Thank you for posting in SBS newsgroup.

From the description, I understand the issue to be: you can not access OWA
and RWW from internet. If I have misunderstood your concerns, please do not
hesitate to let me know.

As I know, on SBS you need to run CEICW to publish OWA and RWW. Please
double check if you have followed the below steps to configure CEICW:

1. On the SBS 2003 Server open the Server Management console. Go to
Standard Management\To Do List.
2. Click the "Connect to the Internet" link.
3. Choose not to change the connection type and click Next. On the Firewall
page, select "Enable firewall" and click Next.
4. On the "Services Configuration" page, select all the items and then
click Next.
5. On the "Web Services Configuration" page, make sure "Allow access to the
entire Web site from the Internet" is selected. If you select "Allow access
to only the following Web site services from the Internet", make sure OWA
and RWW are selected. Click Next.
6. On the "Web Server Certificate" page, choose to create a new Web server
certificate and then type the public FQDN of SBS.
7. Go through the remaining steps.
8. If you have a router or hardware firewall, configure it to forward
inbound traffic on TCP port 80 and 443 to the SBS server's external
address.
9. Then you can access OWA, RWW and companyweb through typing
https://FQDN/exchange, https://FQDN/remote and https://FQDN:444 from
internet.

You may also refer to the following KB article:

825763 How to configure Internet access in Windows Small Business Server
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825763

Please also check the OWA settings on IIS:

1. Open IIS manager and then expand Server name | Web Sites | Default Web
Site.
2. Right click Exchange and select Properties.
3. On Directory Security tab, click Edit on Authentication and access
control column.
4. Make sure only the following boxes are checked:

Basic authentication (password is sent in clear text)

5. In the "IP address and domain restrictions" section, click the Edit
button.
6. Make sure "Granted access" is selected and there are no items in the
list box.
7. Click the "Documents" tab.
8. Make sure "Enable default content page" is select and the following
items are listed in order:

Default.htm
Default.asp
index.htm
iisstart.asp
Default.aspx

If any items are missing, please add them and make them the correct order.

9. Click Start->Run, type "iisreset" (without the quotation marks) and
click OK. Then check if it works.

I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Crina Li (MSFT)

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