Autodiscover Record

I am a new to Exchange . I have installed Exchange 2013 CU7, i have configured all the external and internal URLs,

My exchange server name is EX2013.mycompany.com and all URS are mail.mycompany.com
What should be the autodiscover record, should it be mail.mycompany.com or EX2013.mycompany.com?
i have created a host record mail.mycompany.com and created CNAME autodiscover pointing to mail.mycompany.com
Am i going the right way?

February 22nd, 2015 10:38pm

Hi Quiett,
If you have already created A mail.externaldomain.com in your DNS server, create one more A record autodiscover.externaldomain.com. 
You should have autodiscover.externaldomain.com and mail.externaldomain.com SANs in your certificate.
I hope you have configured your URLs in Exchange. http://www.mustbegeek.com/configure-external-and-internal-url-in-exchange-2013/

That's it.

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February 23rd, 2015 12:20am

At the ISP I have A record and autodiscover record set to mail.mycompany.com
and i have 3 san certificates from verisign mail.mycompany.com, autodiscover.mycompany.com, legacy.mycompany.com

and internally i have A record set for EX2013.mycompany.com, mail.mycompany.com and CNAME record autodiscover pointing to mail.mycompany.com
My Exchange Server name is EX2013 and do i need any host record for my server name at the ISP.


February 23rd, 2015 1:44am

Hi Quiett,

autodiscover goes together with your mail domain, so if you had user@mycompany.com you need to create an autodiscover for mycompany.com ; it does not depend on your server url, if that does not match your mail domain.

You can create a record autodiscover like that

https://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/bb332063%28exchg.80%29.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/b/rmilne/archive/2014/10/02/how-to-check-exchange-autodiscover-srv-record-using-nslookup.aspx

Let me know if it worked.

Regards,
Martin

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February 23rd, 2015 1:45am

I am a new to Exchange . I have installed Exchange 2013 CU7, i have configured all the external and internal URLs,

My exchange server name is EX2013.mycompany.com and all URS are mail.mycompany.com
What should be the autodiscover record, should it be mail.mycompany.com or EX2013.mycompany.com?
i have created a host record mail.mycompany.com and created CNAME autodiscover pointing to mail.mycompany.com
Am i going the right way?


It should be https://mail.domain.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
February 23rd, 2015 2:20am

I created a CNAME autodiscover pointing to EX2013.mycompany.com
C:\>nslookup -q=srv _autodiscover._tcp.mycompany.com
DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  ::1

DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
_autodiscover._tcp.mycompany.com  SRV service location:
          priority       = 0
          weight         = 0
          port           = 443
          svr hostname   = autodiscover.mycompany.com


Now my confusion for the records at isp 
What host record should i have at ISP (EX2013.mycompany.com or mail.mycompany.com)(My urls and Exchange Certificate are with mail) and exchange server name is EX2013



  • Edited by Quiett 4 hours 13 minutes ago e
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February 23rd, 2015 2:34am

I am confused with DNS records , i have set the URL to mail.mycompany.com all correctly and i have cross checked
February 23rd, 2015 2:39am

That's correct, what are you confused about?
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February 23rd, 2015 3:08am

What host records should i have at ISP (EX2013.mycompany.com or mail.mycompany.com)(My urls and Exchange Certificates are with mail.mycompany.com) and exchange server name is EX2013, my mx record at isp should be mail or ex2013
  • Edited by Quiett 3 hours 30 minutes ago e
February 23rd, 2015 3:22am

At ISP you will have mail.domain.com

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February 23rd, 2015 3:24am

Hi Thanks alot for the support,

Do i require SPF record at ISP?

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I have  an another Exchange 2013 server which is internal not connected to outside world, 

Do i require an internal MX record, send and receive connectors? 

Its internal mostly owa and outlook is used
  • Edited by Quiett 2 hours 42 minutes ago e
February 23rd, 2015 4:09am

No....
SPF is for Mai

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February 23rd, 2015 4:13am

Thanks alot for all the support

One final question , autodiscover record should be Host record or CNAME record.

Even CNAME should not be a issue


  • Edited by Quiett 1 hour 22 minutes ago s
February 23rd, 2015 5:30am

I created a CNAME autodiscover pointing to EX2013.mycompany.com
C:\>nslookup -q=srv _autodiscover._tcp.mycompany.com
DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  ::1

DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
_autodiscover._tcp.mycompany.com  SRV service location:
          priority       = 0
          weight         = 0
          port           = 443
          svr hostname   = autodiscover.mycompany.com


Now my confusion for the records at isp 
What host record should i have at ISP (EX2013.mycompany.com or mail.mycompany.com)(My urls and Exchange Certificate are with mail) and exchange server name is EX2013



  • Edited by Quiett Monday, February 23, 2015 7:39 AM e
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February 23rd, 2015 10:33am

What host records should i have at ISP (EX2013.mycompany.com or mail.mycompany.com)(My urls and Exchange Certificates are with mail.mycompany.com) and exchange server name is EX2013, my mx record at isp should be mail or ex2013
  • Edited by Quiett Monday, February 23, 2015 8:22 AM e
February 23rd, 2015 11:21am

Hi Thanks alot for the support,

Do i require SPF record at ISP?

--------------------------------------------------------------

I have  an another Exchange 2013 server which is internal not connected to outside world, 

Do i require an internal MX record, send and receive connectors? 

Its internal mostly owa and outlook is used
  • Edited by Quiett Monday, February 23, 2015 9:09 AM e
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February 23rd, 2015 12:09pm

Thanks alot for all the support

One final question , autodiscover record should be Host record or CNAME record.

Even CNAME should not be a issue


  • Edited by Quiett Monday, February 23, 2015 10:30 AM s
February 23rd, 2015 1:29pm

CNAME shouldn't be a problem, but Host is recommended record.
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February 24th, 2015 2:18am

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