For some reason I cannot get Outlook Anywhere to work at all. This is a fresh 07 install on SBS08. OWA works. I tried enabling the outlook anywhere hoping it would work. Nope. I set my FQDN to the same mail.domain.com. I havent set any SRV records (we used directnic, they dont provide much settings either.) RPC over HTTP is installed on server. I don't know what Ive done wrong, it just can't find it! Please respond I am watching this forum closely for responses and will get back to you very quickly. MORE SPECIFICALLY: I also go this error when I type "get-outlookanywhere" WARNING: IIS://SBS01.domain.local/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Rpc was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly. Exchange Server 2007 Microsoft Corporation Version: 08.01.0240.006 Thanks!

Hi, It may be because of the corrupt configuration settings in the web.config file. Try to Rename or delete the web.config referred in the SBS Web Application application pool should resolve the issue. Regards from www.windowsadmin.info

What’s the symptom in the outlook client? Any error information? Could the outlook anywhere be configured when you set client in the internal LAN, and check “On fast network …” and “On slow network …”? Does the redirection set on the /RPC virtual directory? Please browse the URL below, you should get a blank page after authentication https://FQDN/rpc/rpcproxy.dll Which authentication did you set when enabled the outlook anywhere? What’s the value in the “IISAuthenticationMethods” parameter in the output of “Get-OutlookAnywhere” cmdlet. Please make sure the authentication is NTLM Set-OutlookAnywhere -IISAuthenticationMethods NTLMJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

Hey James, Heres what I got from a Get-OutlookAnywhere: WARNING: IIS://SBS01.domain.local/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Rpc was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly. ServerName : SBS01 SSLOffloading : True ExternalHostname : mail.ccasolutions.com ClientAuthenticationMethod : Basic IISAuthenticationMethods : {Basic} MetabasePath : IIS://SBS01.domain.local/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Rpc Path : Server : SBS01 AdminDisplayName : ExchangeVersion : 0.1 (8.0.535.0) Name : Rpc (Default Web Site) DistinguishedName : CN=Rpc (Default Web Site),CN=HTTP,CN=Protocols,CN= SBS01,CN=Servers,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=Firs t Organization,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,C N=Configuration,DC=copiercorp,DC=local Identity : SBS01\Rpc (Default Web Site) Guid : 30d35faa-dec0-491a-85fa-e64be1e9b04d ObjectCategory : domain.local/Configuration/Schema/ms-Exch-Rpc- Http-Virtual-Directory ObjectClass : {top, msExchVirtualDirectory, msExchRpcHttpVirtual Directory} WhenChanged : 9/24/2010 6:01:24 PM WhenCreated : 9/24/2010 6:01:24 PM OriginatingServer : SBS01.domain.local IsValid : True A couple things you should note. I do not have a SSL cert installed. The other day I restored a couple of our workstations and when I tried to join our domain, an error came up. Here a couple that are currently in the Event Viewer. EVENT 1020 Could not detect IIS installation or IIS is disabled, skipping the Web Host Script Mappings component since it depends upon IIS to function properly. If you believe this message is an error, check your IIS installation to make sure it is installed properly. Also, most importantly, when I tried to join the machine to the domain it said it couldn't find a valid service point? I cant remember the exact error, but manually setting the DNS information fixed the issue. Every machine I have to manually set the DNS information. Maybe this has to do with exchange being down? I tried going to that website (fqdn one) and the certificate error came up, but after authentication it worked fine. If I do the cmdlet -iisauthentication methods it asks for an identity. I went into EMC and changed it in the GUI to NTLM. Thanks you for all your help everyone.

Outlook anywhere is using HTTPS that requires a certificate, so please make sure you have oneJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

So that's the problem? I do get a certificate warning in OWA. But would that not allow Outlook Anywhere to function properly? Such as an iPhone or laptop? Who do you suggest I get a certificate from if that is that case. Why is it saying RPC is not found though, shouldn't it say missing certificate?

“Install a valid Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate from a certification authority (CA) that is trusted by Outlook clients” -------Refer to <Deploying Outlook Anywhere> Unified Communications Certificate Partners for Exchange Server and for Communications ServerJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

Hi all , This is not a certificate issue. You can try to reinstall the iis server and then recover exchange 2007 CAS Thx MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator, MCITP Enterprise Administrator, MCSE, MCDBA

I was on another exchange server not set up by myself and did the get-outlookanywhere and noticed that it displayed the path for rpcproxy and it didn't on mine. Does it not know where the path is? I also tried the remove-autodiscovervirutaldirectory and it says it already exists in Default Web Site. OWA is in my SBS Web Applications for some reason. Does it matter that they are in different directories? I would like to avoid installing the certificate seeing we only have 3-4 laptops that need external access. I could manually install the certificate into the root on those machines - would that work?

Okay, so I have installed the certificate I got from GoDaddy. When I do the testexchangeconnectivity.com test I get: ExRCA is attempting to send an Autodiscover POST request to potential Autodiscover URLs. Autodiscover settings weren't obtained when the Autodiscover POST request was sent. Test Steps Attempting to Retrieve XML AutoDiscover Response from url https://domain.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml for user user@domain.com Failed to obtain AutoDiscover XML response. Additional Details A Web Exception occurred because an HTTP 405 - MethodNotAllowed response was received from IIS7 What am I doing wrong?