• Subject: Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working
  • Author: neo [mvp outlook]
  • Date: 22 Oct 2008
  • References: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
hmm... so much for the hunch of OL2007 and a wild card cert...........

When you configure OL2007 for RPC/HTTP, are you setting the principal name
for the proxy field (its the place where you put msstd:some.server.name)?

"Evans Leung" <evans_leung@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ebucv%23JNJHA.5232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> not a wild card one, just one, owa."company.com"
>
> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:OEYVwdDNJHA.3764@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Not quite what I'm asking. A wildcard certificate shows that the name
>> the certificate was issued to is *.some.domain. A subject alternatitive
>> name (SAN) is where the certificate is multiple fqdn server names. For
>> example, you can have a certificate that can be used for owa.some.domain,
>> autodiscovery.some.domain, smtp.some.domain, pop3.some.domain, .etc.
>>
>> "Evans Leung" <evans_leung@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eWMHP89MJHA.1308@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Verisign
>>>
>>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e0Gmgo9MJHA.4248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Interesting. What kind of certificate are you using on the ISA box?
>>>> (wildcard, san, .etc)
>>>>
>>>> "Evans Leung" <evans_leung@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:e7%23Eq$uMJHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> thanks for your reply, it puzzeles me that the current setup has been
>>>>> working well with Outlook 2003 but not Outlook 2007...
>>>>>
>>>>> Evans
>>>>>
>>>>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OrFpO4uMJHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> ISA2004 adds a layer of complexity, but
>>>>>> http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/2004pubowamobile.html might be
>>>>>> helpful to you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Evans Leung" <evans_leung@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:ekMYbfuMJHA.5564@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Neo,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a similar situation, my domain is company.local, server name
>>>>>>> is exchange
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> with respect to your suggestion to change ValidPorts entry:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> at the moment I have:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> exchange:6001-6002;exchange.company.local:6001-6002;exchange:6004;exchange.company.local:6004
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> do I need to change the above entry?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the outlook 2007 (installed in Windows XP SP2) rpc-over-http only
>>>>>>> works outside the network only if it VPN in (we use ISA2004 here)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>> Evans
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:%23YcxBRiIJHA.468@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>> You should be asking this question over in one of the
>>>>>>>> microsoft.public.exchange support groups. Also, you will need to
>>>>>>>> clarify your post a bit. Based on the below, I would assume that
>>>>>>>> you have a single Exchange server setup. If my understanding is
>>>>>>>> right, you high level checks would be...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1) Ensure that the RPC proxy component is installed on your Windows
>>>>>>>> 2003 (SP1/SP2)/Exchange 2003 SP2 server
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2) Enable the Exchange server as an RPC/HTTPS backend server.
>>>>>>>> (Exchange System Manager > Right click on server object >
>>>>>>>> Properties > RPC-HTTP tab) You may have to add the necessary
>>>>>>>> registry keys to get this working. Location in registry is:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Rpc\RpcProxy
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The DWORD value Enabled should be set to 1
>>>>>>>> The REG_SZ value ValidPorts would be set to
>>>>>>>> ServerNETBIOSName:6001-6002;ServerNETBIOSName:6004;ServerFQDNName:6001-6002;ServerFQDNName:6004
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To explain the ValidPort line better, assume that the name of the
>>>>>>>> Exchange server is EXCH01 and the domain name I'm working with is
>>>>>>>> contoso.com. The ValidPorts entry would be:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> exch01:6001-6002;exch01:6004;exch01.contoso.com:6001-6002;exch01.contoso.com:6004
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3) I would test the connection on the internal network before
>>>>>>>> testing from the internet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Other than that, test with SSL enabled and if you are using a
>>>>>>>> private (internal) certificates to secure the web/rpc proxy
>>>>>>>> services, make sure that a copy of the signing certificate
>>>>>>>> authority is installed on the workstations. The client operating
>>>>>>>> system (assuming Windows XP SP2 or newer) will verify the SSL
>>>>>>>> certificate back to the issuing certificate authority.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Daniel Mazur" <news@compits.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:%23CNE8XYIJHA.4896@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>> having trouble seeing my exchange server via outlook 2007 over the
>>>>>>>>> internet
>>>>>>>>> connecting to my Exchange Enterprise Server 2003. Have followed
>>>>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>>>>> instructions, testing first without use of of SSL certificates. I
>>>>>>>>> may be a
>>>>>>>>> bit confused about front end and backend servers. I have one PC,
>>>>>>>>> a domain
>>>>>>>>> controller at our office, a seperate PC with Exchange Only on it,
>>>>>>>>> connecting
>>>>>>>>> to the Domain Controller, and another PC with Blackberry
>>>>>>>>> Enterprise
>>>>>>>>> installed. The purpose of this is to get away from use of the VPN
>>>>>>>>> connection required to be part of the local network for Exchange
>>>>>>>>> User access
>>>>>>>>> off property. Sounds good configuring settings into the Outlook
>>>>>>>>> only and
>>>>>>>>> preventing other local access this way. Any ideas? Again, cannot
>>>>>>>>> get the
>>>>>>>>> Outlook to see the Exchange Server during the logon name and
>>>>>>>>> password to
>>>>>>>>> server process.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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28 Sep 2008Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.Daniel Mazur
29 Sep 2008\ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.neo [mvp outlook]
08 Oct 2008   |- Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.Daniel Mazur
20 Oct 2008   \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.Evans Leung
20 Oct 2008      \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.neo [mvp outlook]
20 Oct 2008         \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.Evans Leung
21 Oct 2008            \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.neo [mvp outlook]
21 Oct 2008               \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.Evans Leung
22 Oct 2008                  \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.neo [mvp outlook]
22 Oct 2008                     \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.Evans Leung
22 Oct 2008                        \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.neo [mvp outlook]
22 Oct 2008                           \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.Evans Leung
23 Oct 2008                              \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.neo [mvp outlook]
24 Oct 2008                                 \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.evans leung
26 Oct 2008                                    \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.neo [mvp outlook]
27 Oct 2008                                       \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.Evans Leung
29 Oct 2008                                          \ Re: Trying to get RPC over HTTP for Outlook working.neo [mvp outlook]
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