Outlook Web Access

[TheCake]

Customer of mine has this on their 2003 box, all works fine but I want to map it so they can reach it from a URL like..

http://owa.domain.com

Now currently its set as

http://localhost/exchange

Which is cool - but i can't map the exchange extension to the MX record for the domain.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Clart]

no idea, but http://owa.lear.com

 

[Lee]

The way we do it is like this:

The mail server has an entry in the DNS which obviously makes it visible on the net. (It's best to have the server with a name which means nothing to people, Mail is a s**t name for example, lol). Port 443 (https) is opened on the firewall.

The server which is running Exchange needs to have IIS running. You also need to run Certificate Authority services to create a certificate should you want to use a https connection.

That's how we do it anyway. Not sure that's any help to you though.

 

[TheCake]

Lee,

I think what I should do is this...

DNS entry to IP of machine with the name like above (owa.domain.com)
Then set the exchange folder as the default directory in IIS

Should do the trick eh?

 

[Lee]

Just had a quick look at our setup. It should be really easy if you aren't using a secure connection. Ours worked internally without having to configure a thing. IIS automatically generates the website which it uses, default one as you say. Then you just create the DNS entry and obviously make sure port 80 is open for incoming connections.

My boss is just finding the article we used. lol I'll post it if he finds it.

 

[TheCake]

Ahhh handy thanks Lee. I'm going to get something mapped in a mo.

 

[McBunny]

i hope thats a frontend server your allowing access too and not just their only server !!!!

 

[TheCake]

Its a frontend homo!

 

[McBunny]

good lad i have seen it done before tho people just letting the world have access to the only exchange box !!