If you have already installed an SSL certificate and allowed your remote clients to use OWA (Outlook Web App), as we have demonstrated in our Screencast:
How to Install GoDaddy Multiple Domain (UCC) SSL Certificate in Exchange 2010 then configuring Outlook Anywhere is the next logical step. The advantages of this feature are:
– Users get full access to their mailboxes over virtually any network without the need of a VPN solution or additional firewall rules
– You can use the same URL that you use for Outlook Web App and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
– You can use the same SSL certificate implemented for Outlook Web App and Exchange ActiveSync
– Unauthenticated requests from Outlook cannot access Exchange Server
The SSL certificate which you are using on your Exchange 2010 Client Access server is one of the key factors which determine the configuration steps which you should follow.
Using a trusted Multiple Domain SSL certificate is the easiest (and recommended) scenario and we will start with it. As you will see in our demo, this allows fully automated client configuration of autodiscover capable remote clients – MS Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007, based solely on the users e-mail address. MS Outlook 2003 clients require manual configuration. We demonstrate it (Step3), as it is a good idea to be able to perform a manual Outlook Anywhere configuration (even with autodiscover capable clients) as part of your troubleshooting techniques.
Your other SSL certificate options are:
– Generating and using a Self-Signed Multiple Domain Certificate
– Configuring a Microsoft CA and issuing a Multiple Domain Certificate, signed by it
– Using a trusted Single Domain SSL certificate and configuring an Autodiscover SRV record in your external DNS zone
In our demo, we are using a Single Exchange Server 2010 SP1 installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Dean