EDIT 8/22/2008: Corrected a typo in a "DisabledComponents" registry key name.
It's been a while since I've been thinking of writing a blog post about various aspects of Outlook Anywhere that people...
Updated Jul 01, 2019
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I am having the hardest time resolving Outlook Anywhere in a single-server environment on Windows Server 2008.
I am able to RPCPING -E okay to ensure that the vdir is setup correctly and the rpcproxy.dll responds. I am also able to browse to
https://mail.giodivine.com/rpc/rpcproxy.dll
https://mail.giodivine.com/rpc/rpcproxy.dll, which results in a blank page and a valid certificate verification; however, when I attempt to ping the backend server ports for the mailbox and directory services (6001, 6002, or 6004), the RPCPING utility hangs
indefinitely (I have t ^C to break the utility).
I enabled tracing in IIS 7 for the rpc vdir and have captured a detailed failed request log for the request issued by the rpcping tool:
https://mail.giodivine.com:443/rpc/rpcproxy.dll?services.giodivine.com:6001
https://mail.giodivine.com:443/rpc/rpcproxy.dll?services.giodivine.com:6001. There are a ton of things going on here, but I haven't been able to make anything of it.
I've even attempted uninstalling and reinstalling the RpcProxy as well as the CAS; nothing seems to help. IPv6 is disabled, the hosts file has been updated and the certificate (mutual auth.) all seem to work correctly.
I'm at a complete loss as the RpcPing tool hangs, and I can' derive any further information about what could be going on. Anyone able to offer some insightful ideas?