Re: Vista VPN issues

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I'm out of suggestions - I can't find any settings on my home PCs that seem
to apply. Have you seen this? I haven't had time to read it, but there
might be something useful in there.

Information for administrators about e-mail security settings in Outlook
2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926512


"SJ" <SJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can resolve the name from a command prompt and the IP address in the
server
field doesn't work either. No errors, and OWA works great. We also use
XP
PC's fine via a VPN with either Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2003.

Thanks!!!

SJ

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

I checked my Vista PC last night - the only setting I changed was to
allow
VPN in the firewall. Since you're already connecting the VPN normally,
that
doesn't seem like it would be helpful.

Can you resolve the name if you put in the SBS by IP instead of
servername?
Are you getting any errors in the logs at either end when you try to
connect? Can you get into the mailbox from the remote client with OWA?


"SJ" <SJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks a million, it almost seems like a routing issue. I have
complete
access to evcerything else I need from the netwrok, I can even ping the
internal name of the exchange server. I just can't get Outlook to
"use"
the
VPN connection to resolve that name.

Thanks again!



"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

I'm using Outlook 2007 from my XP laptop and Outlook 2003 from my
Vista
desktop. I don't currently have a Vista box running Office 2007, but
I
am
sure that MS would not require XP in order to access an Exchange
server
remotely using Outlook 2007.

You need to look at all the firewall settings in Vista (and OneCare or
any
other 3rd party app that includes a firewall) to see what could be
blocking
Outlook's connection to the Exchange server. Have you checked the
logs
on
the Vista PC?

Have you tried to configure the profile from Control Panel -> Mail
without
Outlook running?

I can try to look at this further next time I'm at my Vista PC, but I
don't
have Vista at the office, so it may be tomorrow before I can check
that.

(The only specific firewall tweak I had to make was related to VPN
itself,
not Outlook. GRE is disabled in the Vista and OneCare firewalls by
default,
but if you're getting a successful VPN connection, you're already past
that
issue).

"SJ" <SJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What I should have stated (and what I need a more precise answer is)
Does
Outlook 2007 Work using a Vista (Ultimate or Business) VPN
Connection
to a
Server 2003 Server using Exchange 2003.

Thanks again.

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

I can't really answer your question other than to suggest
revisiting
the
advanced firewall settings in Vista. However, I am connecting to
my
SBS
2003 SP1 network over VPN from a PC running XP and Outlook 2007,
and
another
one running Vista and Outlook 2003. I don't have any trouble
accessing
my
Exchange mailbox with either configuration.

While I did have to tweak some firewall settings to get my Vista
box
to
connect over VPN, I didn't do anything specifically Outlook
related.


"SJ" <SJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Please don't mistake this for sarcasm, did I understand that
correctly?
Outlook 200...SEVEN only works remotely with Windows XP???

Really??? Is there a MS statement about this somewhere? I'm
speechless
quite honestly. Is this at least a bug they are acknowledging
and
working
to
resolve?

Thanks very much for the post though, I was banging my head
against
the
wall. Is there ANY workaround for this? Maybe another way to
communicate
with Exchange?




"Alex" wrote:

Outlook 2007 certainly works with XP Clients, so guess its as
you
say.
Am
holding fire on connecting any Vista machines to my SBS2003
network
for a
few weeks

Alex

"SJ" <SJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can't seem to get Outlook 2007 to work over the VPN. When I
connect
to
the
VPN I can ping the exchange server. I can browse and access
all
the
files
the users have access too. I can resolve all the resources I
need.
I
just
can't get Outlook 2007 to "sync" with the Exchange server. I
get
the
following message.

"The name cannot be resolved. The connection to Microsoft
Exchange is unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected
to
tcomplete
this action."

My feeling is that it's a setting in Vista's vpn, but for the
life
of
me,
I
can't figure out what it is.

Any thoughts would be helpful.


















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