Issues with setting up Exchange 2003 with Outlook

[sitnet]

Hey guys

Ok so I am having a bit of trouble setting up outlook web access mailbox with local outlook. I can log into the OWA account, but I can't get it working with Outlook 2010.

How do I know what the exchange server address is?

 

[ramar]

Ask the person (or company) who administers your exchange server!

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Ask the person (or company) who administers your exchange server!

This!

Will be the quickest and easiest method.

 

[brogan]

Hey guys

Ok so I am having a bit of trouble setting up outlook web access mailbox with local outlook. I can log into the OWA account, but I can't get it working with Outlook 2010.

How do I know what the exchange server address is?

The Exchange environment needs RPC over Http enabled, if it is then it could be proxy setting under Outlook anywhere, or certificate settings but like previous poster said speak to your exchange admin

 

[sitnet]

Ok thank you very much for the help so far.

Can I ask, how will I know if RPC is enabled? I can log into the OWA account on my browser...

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Ok thank you very much for the help so far.

Can I ask, how will I know if RPC is enabled? I can log into the OWA account on my browser...

...ask your administrator...

 

[ShawnStar]

Ping the OWA url to get the server IP... If you are on the internal network it should resolve the internal Exchange IP address... from there do a netstat -A to get the server name...

 

[McGuywer]

Try the part without the /owa at the end.

Like:

http://exchange.company.tld/owa

You would use exchange.company.tld as the server address.

 

[sitnet]

Ok this is how the webmail adrress looks: https://www.owa.companyname.com/exchange
What was given to me as a exchange address: RZEXCH02.companyname.com

Which should I use?

 

[McGuywer]

Use RZEXCH02.companyname.com

 

[McGuywer]

Did the server work?

 

[bubbatentoe]

default for Exchange 2003 = http://domain.com/exchange
default for Exchange 2010 = https://domain.com/exchange

first try and connect to OWA while you're on the same LAN as the Exchange 2010 server.
https://servername/exchange
once connected, install the certificate in IE/Firefox and voilah.
should work.

But if you cannot connect to OWA from outside your LAN then you have DNS issues
You need to create a Outlook Web App DNS entry for your domain

webmail.yourdomain.com -should point to- the external IP address or hostname of your Exchange 2010 server that holds the "edge transport" role.
This server should have an external IP / traffic must be routed to it via your firewall/router.

Also, RPC over HTTP only needs to be enabled in Outlook if choose to use it.
If you enable it then your Outlook clients do not need a VPN in order to connect to Exchange 2010 when they're NOT on the LAN.
RPC over HTTP will encrypt comms between Outlook/Exchange.

No RPC over HTTP = you need a VPN when your clients travel and they want to use Outlook. (and not OWA)