EDIT 10/4/2007: Since this post has been published, we have updated the Exchange 2007 Autodiscover Service whitepaper to include this information. Please consult the whitepaper for most up-to-date ...
Updated Jul 01, 2019
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Outlook 2007 can now use DNS SRV records to find the location of the Exchange Autodiscover Service
To Anyone that can help (sorry if this is the second time reading this I’ve posted elsewhere):
I have Exchange 2007 running on Server 2003 R2 x64 edition trying to get Outlook Anywhere to work. I am trying to connect to it externally on a pc that is running Outlook 2007 on Vista Ultimate.
I am getting an error when connecting that says ""Outlook cannot log on. Verify you are connected to the network and using the proper server and mailbox name. The connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action" when trying to connect. The funny this is I can use the repair feature in Outlook 2007 Account properties and I get all the green checks when it checks the connection and it even prompts me to allow the redirection to the autodiscover service. But when I open Outlook it will give me the above message again.
So here are the steps I took:
I used the method described in the new white papers scenario 2 (Outlook 2007 can now use DNS SRV records to find the location of the Exchange Autodiscover Service). I purchase a single-named certificate from go daddy and made it x64server.<domain>.com and followed all the instructions listed in scenario 2. I also removed the ssl from the owa site under default websites because we have users using owa.<domain>.com/owa and they were getting errors from the cert because it did not match.
Please let me know what additional information I can provide to get any help with this, I would really appreciate. This is absolutely driving me crazy, one would think it would be an easier process.
Ryan
I have Exchange 2007 running on Server 2003 R2 x64 edition trying to get Outlook Anywhere to work. I am trying to connect to it externally on a pc that is running Outlook 2007 on Vista Ultimate.
I am getting an error when connecting that says ""Outlook cannot log on. Verify you are connected to the network and using the proper server and mailbox name. The connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action" when trying to connect. The funny this is I can use the repair feature in Outlook 2007 Account properties and I get all the green checks when it checks the connection and it even prompts me to allow the redirection to the autodiscover service. But when I open Outlook it will give me the above message again.
So here are the steps I took:
I used the method described in the new white papers scenario 2 (Outlook 2007 can now use DNS SRV records to find the location of the Exchange Autodiscover Service). I purchase a single-named certificate from go daddy and made it x64server.<domain>.com and followed all the instructions listed in scenario 2. I also removed the ssl from the owa site under default websites because we have users using owa.<domain>.com/owa and they were getting errors from the cert because it did not match.
Please let me know what additional information I can provide to get any help with this, I would really appreciate. This is absolutely driving me crazy, one would think it would be an easier process.
Ryan