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OWA and IIS

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mydogbites

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Jul 3, 2006
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Hi there,

I am running exchange 2003 and have OWA running so our guys can access emails from home.

We are about to replace our website with a new one, both of which are run through IIS.

What I would like to know is wether or not when I switch the websites over it will effect people logging on to OWA and if so what do I do to keep it working??

Thanks alot
 
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Need more info. Are you upgrading IIS versions? Is the new web running from the same IIS Server?

If you are, you may not need to do anything, as the routing is already setup.

Will
 
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Im running the same ISS server Version (6.0) the new website will be running on the same server as the old.

The reason I ask is that the old website has virtual directories under it called "exchange and "exchweb" and the new one doesn't

Does that help?

Sorry if im being a wee bit dense here just not too familiar with IIS.

Thanks alot
 
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No problems, we also use such folders, but if you look in the folders, there is usually a simple rdirect page, or a framed page that redirects the contents to the OWA.

Your best bet is to simply copy these folders into the new website hierarchy.

Also, we don't use Virtual directories with ours, we use a simple folder under the web root:


Our page in this sub-folder of the web root is simply:
Code: 
<html>
<head>
<title> Outlook Web Access </title>
</head>

<body onload="location.href='[URL unfurl="true"]http://222.222.222.222/Exchange'">[/URL]

</body>
</html>

The 222.222.222.222 (bogus of course for protection) is the IP address of our firewall. It forwards any communication to the Exchange server via a rule. If you ping that IP address "-a" you get back the name of our mail server.

It may be yours is set up different though.

have a look in those virtual folders and tell what you see.

Will
 
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Hi Will

Thanks for the reply

The exchange directory contains nothing and points to the following folder \\.\BackOfficeStorage\oursite.com\MBX,

though the folder does not exist is this a dead end?

and the exchweb directory points to all the info, gifs etc, for the OWA site.

To log on to our exchange server we simply put

 
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Sounds like we have 1 extra step involved. Because ours goes to after users go to

I do know that OWA is activated by default on the Exchange Server, so all you need to do is point to your exchange server /exchange.

In our case 222.222.222.222 is mapped (on the firewall) to the Exchange server.

You can test this from your desktop by typing
In this case, you may not need to do anything with the website, and just make sure that any requests sent to your web site that are followed by \exchange go to the server.

We do this by using a redirect, but it seems you haven't, so I can't help on that score.

It may be your Virtual Directory points to the root folder of the OWA web site. Which is a more direct way of redirecting like we are.

Just thought of something... is this virtual folder in IIS on your Exchange Server, or in the root of your web server?
 
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Ok I will try that, thanks alot

Our Exchange and IIS is on the same server, not ideal I know but one has to put up with the equipemnt one is given :)
 
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Ah, that explains the exchange virtual folder. That is required by Exchange. Don't get rid of that.

How was you old site set up then? Was it in the same root as the Exchange? Does that mean you are using a different virtual folder?

You may be able to get away with doing a subfolder in your new site root that points to: like mine above. Or even
But you'd have to test.

"Not ideal" is a gross understatement, my friend. Wish you luck with that, but if you have your exchange server facing the outside world, you are asking for trouble by yelling it at the top of your voice! :)

Good Luck.

Will
 
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