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OWA Redirection - Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 Transition

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Hi There,
We are transitioning our client from exchange 2003 to exchange 2010. At the moment, customer is using OWA url http://mail.domainname.com for extrenal access.
Once we deploy our Exchange 2010 CAS servers with CAS array feature enabled, I do have following queries on OWA redirection:
- Do we required SAN certificate for Exchange 2003 FE servers? If yes, so can we import the new Exchange 2010 certificate into Exchange 2003 FE servers?
- Is it possible to do the redirection from HTTP to HTTPS in Exchange 2010? If yes, then what are the best practices?
- If a user's mailbox reside in Exchange 2003 & he/she open OWA from external world then which page will display?
Thanks and Regards
Nitish Agrawal
Friday, March 2, 2012 6:11 AM
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Hi Nitish
1. Yes you can use the same certificate. It will need to include a legacy hostname (normally legacy.domainname.com) for 2010 -> 2003 redirection
2. This is possible but not as easy an in 2003. See http://briandesmond.com/blog/redirecting-owa-urls-in-exchange-2010/
3. The login page will come from your 2010 CAS then they will be redirected to the current OWA 2003 interface.
Cheers, Steve
- Proposed as answer by Simon_WuMicrosoft contingent staff Monday, March 5, 2012 8:47 AM
- Marked as answer by Simon_WuMicrosoft contingent staff Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:56 AM
Friday, March 2, 2012 10:28 AM
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Hi Nitish
1. Yes you can use the same certificate. It will need to include a legacy hostname (normally legacy.domainname.com) for 2010 -> 2003 redirection
2. This is possible but not as easy an in 2003. See http://briandesmond.com/blog/redirecting-owa-urls-in-exchange-2010/
3. The login page will come from your 2010 CAS then they will be redirected to the current OWA 2003 interface.
Cheers, Steve
- Proposed as answer by Simon_WuMicrosoft contingent staff Monday, March 5, 2012 8:47 AM
- Marked as answer by Simon_WuMicrosoft contingent staff Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:56 AM
Friday, March 2, 2012 10:28 AM -
See this link http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchange2010/thread/da6610e8-2152-4269-be72-b4347a7c3b06
You may also need to enable Form Based Authentication on your Exchange 2003 server in order for OWA redirection from 2001-> 2003 to work properly (I had to enable FBA on my Exchange 2003 otherwise it would not redirect properly).
-Hieu
Sunday, March 4, 2012 8:10 AM -
one thing to add, be sure to check your firewall because some firewall will not allow the redirect from HTTP to HTTPS.Sunday, March 4, 2012 9:23 AM
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>>You may also need to enable Form Based Authentication on your Exchange 2003 server in order for OWA redirection from 2001-> 2003 to work properly (I had to enable FBA on my Exchange 2003 otherwise it would not redirect properly).
Agreed, unless you are using ISA/TMG in which case basic auth should be used instead.
Sunday, March 4, 2012 12:37 PM