Re: Outlook RPC over HTTP

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Ben <Ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hi

Thanks for all your posts, from the top:

We dont have SP1 because it was an OEM install with a tiny 12gb

That's not tiny :)


partition which is boarding on 3/4GB free and are worried that it
will consume more space.

Nah. But you should move all your data (user shared folders, clientapps,
Exchange dbs/logs) to another drive/partition.



We are soon(ish) to install new SBS
hardware and use this machine (with more approprate partitioning) as
a remote office machine. SP1 will be installed on this then.

OK.



The certificate is installed (no red cross on certificate or
warnings).
Principal Name For Proxy Server now as below but still no luck:
msstd:remote.ourdomain.co.uk

We actually have the machine connected over VPN when testing (also
testing whilst not connected over VPN) is this as good as on the LAN?

Well, it shouldn't matter, if (as you said) you'd set it to use RPC/HTTP
over both fast & slow connections.


I have run the CEICW and verified that OL over the Internet is
enabled.
Current situation: when connected to LAN over VPN I connect to
exchange but I think it is connecting over TCP/IP.

You can tell - hold CTRL and then right-click the OL icon in the system
tray, and check the connection status.

When disconnected
from VPN it repeatedly prompts for the username / password (i enter
Domain\Username and pw) but does not connect.

I would test this from a remote location, no VPN, with a new Outlook
profile.



Thanks
B


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Ben <Ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hi

We have a SBS 2003 (no service pack),

Why not?

running Exchange 2k3 SP2, ISA
2000.
We are having problems configuring Outlook to Communicate with
Exchange over HTTP.

We have configured the subdomain Remote.OurDomain.co.uk to point to
our server, we have a server SSL certificate configured for
https://Remote.OurDomain.co.uk and our client has the reletive
client cert, the domain is in the Intranet Site List on the client
and can browse to OWA & remote web workplace.

So the user went to https://Remote.OurDomain.co.uk/remote or
/exchange, and then *installed* the certificate, right? Didn't just
accept it?

I get the response "Forbidden: Read access is denied." when I goto
https://remote.ourdomain.co.uk/rpc which i hear is correct.

Nah.


I have configured Outlook as below:


Exchange Server: ourserver.ourdomain.local

That's good.

Username: my username

Exchange over the Internet Settings:
Checked : conect to my Exchagne mailbox using HTTP

Proxy Setttings:
URL: remote.ourdomain.co.uk
connect using ssl only: Checked
mutually authenticate the sesssion when connecting with SSL: checked
Principal Name For Proxy Server: msstd:publishing.MyDomain.local

Nope....this is the problem. That should be:
msstd:remote.ourdomain.co.uk



On Fast Networks... Checked
On Slow Networks... Checked

Proxy Auth: Basic Auth

That's all good.



When I open outlook i get prompted for my username & password a
number of times and then it says disconnected.

Any advice would be much appreciated

Try fixing the proxy & try again.



Thanks
B



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