Exchange OWA

[clarky2k3]

Hiya I have just configured a exchange server however, I am having a problem accessing owa. We can get it but when we login the page cannot be displayed 403 error. Any help???

[everton4europe]

Make sure all the ports needed are open on your firewall which exchange needs. think webaccess is 443.

 

Also i have had on one install you need to put /owa at the end of line in the address bar

 

eg

https://mail.{domain name}.co.uk/owa

[Guest coquet636]

have the same same problem... but i get to the outlook web access login page. I can login but then it says page cant be displayed...... if i refresh i am put back to the login page

[webman]

Have you tried https:// ?

[Guest coquet636]

yes... i type in https://mail. (our domain) and i get teh login.. if i type an incorrect login it tells me that its incorrect. If i type in a correct username and password i get the page cant be displayed.

[djm968]

Try these for username.

 

domain\username

 

or

 

username@domain

[djm968]

Also the correct URL is http(s)://yourdomain.com/exchange

 

if SSL is enabled and

[Guest coquet636]

Tried teh different logins with no luck...

 

Dont need to add the /exchange if i do that i dont get the login page

[djm968]

Try connecting to OWA locally using the private IP or the FQDN

 

Unless you have changed from the defaults, you will need to add the /exchange for Exchange 2003, otherwise you will be trying to logon to the default website not OWA

 

eg: http://contosoexchange01/exchange

[sahmeepee]

what djm968 said. also, are you connecting from outside the firewall or inside? Is the owa box inside the firewall and published via ISA?

[Guest coquet636]

The OWA box is inside the firewall and published via ISA.

 

Tried connecting from inside the firewall. if i type http://(servername)/exchange, i get teh message that the website i am connecting to needs https:// at the begining.

 

If i type https://(servername)/exchange, it says the page cannot be displayed.

[zag]

Try firefox, IE6 has some problems with authentication for the first time

[Guest coquet636]

same probs with Firefox

[Guest coquet636]

Cant connect to OWA login page from teh mail server so think this could be where the problem is....

 

Looking at all the basic IIS settings and checking them. Is there any that could be causing a problem.

[djm968]

Have you installed a certificate for IIS on your Exchange server?

 

If you haven't uncheck the Use SSL and test OWA internally agian, only this time use http not https.

 

If the server is published, you should secure it using SSL.

 

http://www.petri.co.il/configure_ssl_on_owa.htm

[Guest coquet636]

I have installed them and think they are working as when they wernt installed i never got the logon page. But now i do.

 

Right, when i uncheck ssl i dont get a logon page just a logon box. i put my username and password in and it logs on but the page cannot display correctly. the page is white with inbox, sent, etc. down the right with boxes with the red cross in them. So i suspect i aint got the exchange webpages installed correctly......

[maniac]

Have you got all the latest patches and service packs installed onto your exchange server? I know there are several fixes for various problems with OWA. Ours didn't work until we installed SP2 onto our exchange server, now it works like a charm!

 

Mike.

[Guest coquet636]

Fully up to date....

 

Think its the web parts of OWA that arent working