Exchange 2013 Upgrade to CU7 from SP1 - installs successfully - Can no longer connect via ECP/OWA/Powershell/Outlook/Autodis cover

Hi There,
I am having massive issues with my Exchange Server.
I have 2 Nodes, one has CAS and Mailbox Roles, the other just Mailbox.

I "upgraded" the CAS server to CU7 without any errors / issues.

Once I had restarted, nothing worked any more..  I couldn't access ECP, OWA, Powershell, Autodiscover or get outlook to connect.

I managed to get Powershell working, but changing the physical directory to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\ClientAccess\PowerShell" from "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\FrontEnd\HttpProxy\PowerShell"

But for the life of me I cannot get ECP or OWA working (haven't even tried anything else)!

I am getting a load of Events with ID 1003.

The only error I am getting is:

Server Error in '/ecp' Application.

March 20th, 2015 8:10pm

Please check if it's your issue:

Type Get-ServerComponentState  and check if state is Inactive. If it's Inactive, change it to Active.

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March 22nd, 2015 12:03pm


I have run that and they are already all Active.

I'm afraid that something must have gotten corrupted or something..

-Tim

March 23rd, 2015 6:52am

Hi Tim,

We can do the following steps to have a try:

1. Check Application settings in IIS Application under Exchange Back End web site for BinSearchFolders value.

a. Open IIS Manager. Expand Sites > Exchange Back End.

b. Click ecp. Open Application Settings in /ecp Home.

c. Please check whether the value for BinSearchFolders is changed to an invalid value.

2. Verify Authentication settings for OWA and ECP.

a. In IIS manager > Default Web Site, make sure Anonymous Authentication is Enabled in Authentication.

b. Confirm that "Require SSL" is checked on the root of the default website.

c. Make sure the Basic and Forms authentications are enabled in Default Web Site and Ntlm, WindowsIntegrated authentication methods are enabled in Exchange Back End for both OWA and ECP.

Regards,

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March 23rd, 2015 7:58am

Hi,

Any updates?

Regards,

March 26th, 2015 10:31pm

Hi Winnie,

Thanks for trying to help.
I had to reinstall Exchange (CU7) on this server in the end.

But just for giggles, I had already checked 2a and 2b.
But hopefully what you suggested can help someone else with this issue.

Thanks,

-Tim

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March 27th, 2015 8:15am

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