The Autodiscover service makes it easier to configure and manage Outlook 2007. Earlier versions of Microsoft Exchange and Outlook required that you configure all user profiles manually to access Exchange. Extra work was required to manage these profiles if changes occurred to the messaging environment. Otherwise, the Outlook clients could stop functioning correctly.

The Autodiscover service uses a user's e-mail address and domain account to automatically configure the user's profile. By using the e-mail address and domain account, the Autodiscover service can provide the following information to the client:

• The user’s display name
  
• Separate connection settings for internal and external connectivity
  
• The location of the user’s Mailbox server
  
• The URLs for various Outlook features that govern such functionality as Availability (free/busy) information, the Out of Office Assistant, Unified Messaging, and the Web-based offline address book
  
• Outlook Anywhere server settings
  

To start to communicate with the Exchange messaging infrastructure, Outlook 2007 sends an HTTP POST command to the Autodiscover service. This command includes XML data that requests the connection settings and URLs for the Exchange services that are associated with the Outlook provider. This information is created and stored in Active Directory both during Exchange 2007 Setup and when you configure your Exchange features by using the Exchange Management Shell or the Exchange Management Console.

The Autodiscover Service and the Outlook Provider

The Autodiscover service sends the request to the Outlook provider, which then uses the Services Discovery API to retrieve the values in Active Directory. After the values have been returned, the data is passed to the Autodiscover service, which returns the information to the client in an HTTP response. This HTTP response contains the relevant values in XML.

There are three Outlook provider settings, as follows:

• The WEB setting contains the best URL for Outlook Web Access for the user to use. This setting is not required for Exchange 2007.
  
• The EXCH setting references the Exchange RPC protocol that is used internally. This setting includes port settings and the internal URLs for the Exchange services that you have enabled.
  
• The EXPR setting references the Exchange HTTP protocol that is used by Outlook Anywhere. This setting includes the external URLs for the Exchange services that you have enabled, which are used by clients that access Exchange from the Internet.
  

How the Autodiscover Service Provides Settings to Outlook 2007

The connection settings that the Outlook client uses are translated into MAPI properties. These properties are stored in the user's profile located in the registry on their local computer. However, the URLs for the available Exchange services are cached in the memory of the local computer.

Outlook 2007 automatically connects to the Autodiscover service under the following conditions:

• Every time that the application starts
  
• At intervals on a background thread
  
• Any time that the client's connection to an Exchange server fails
  

There are two parts, which are known as layers, of Outlook 2007 that use the Autodiscover service: the Outlook layer and the MAPI layer. The Outlook layer begins operating when you open Outlook 2007 to retrieve the user profile settings. These settings are refreshed every time that the Time to Live (TTL) period is specified. The setting for the Time to Live is 60 minutes or whenever an error occurs when Outlook 2007 tries to contact an Exchange 2007 server.

If Outlook does not connect to the Autodiscover service, the Outlook layer will reconnect every 5 minutes because the URLs for the available Exchange services are cached in memory on the local computer. If the client cannot connect to the Autodiscover service, the user cannot use the available Exchange services until the specified URLs are obtained.

By contrast, the MAPI layer connects to the Autodiscover service when there are errors connecting to the Exchange server by using the MAPI protocol. For example, this occurs when the user is using a low-bandwidth network connection or when the user tries to open their mailbox after a mailbox move. The first failure detected by the MAPI layer results in an initial Autodiscover service request. Depending on the type of failure, this request may result in changes to the user's profile. This initial Autodiscover service request is known as the free Autodiscover service request. If no other failures occur after the first failure, the MAPI layer will perform an Autodiscover service request every 6 hours to update the user's profile settings. Additionally, the MAPI layer also connects to the Autodiscover service if the user creates a new Outlook profile.

Forcing Outlook 2007 to Update the User Profile Settings

Under most circumstances, Outlook 2007 and the Autodiscover service are intended to provide a seamless experience for users. However, there are instances when it may appear that the Autodiscover service is not functioning correctly. The following scenario is an example of when this might occur:

After you deploy Exchange Server 2007 in the messaging environment of the Contoso company, the IT administrator for Contoso upgrades the users to Outlook 2007. The administrator would also like to deploy Outlook Anywhere so that users can access their Exchange information and services from the Internet. To do this, the administrator configures and enables Outlook Anywhere for Exchange 2007. After enabling Outlook Anywhere, the administrator checks the Outlook profile settings on an Outlook 2007 client and notices that the RPC over HTTPS settings were not received by the client. The administrator then runs the test for the Autodiscover service by using the Test E-Mail AutoConfiguration feature in Outlook 2007. The administrator is surprised to see that the Autodiscover service did not create the connection settings in the Outlook profile.

This scenario occurs when the user's Outlook client runs continually. In this example, the Outlook 2007 client successfully connects to the Mailbox server by using TCP/IP. Because no failure was detected, the Autodiscover service does not try to re-create the Outlook profile settings. Outlook uses the initial Autodiscover "free" request that is performed at six-hour intervals.

Because this scenario is possible, Outlook provides a method to force this update to occur. The following procedure describes how to force Outlook to update the user profile settings by using the Autodiscover service.

1. Open Outlook 2007.

2. In Outlook 2007, click Tools, and then click Account Settings.

3. On the E-mail Accounts page, on the E-mail tab, click Repair.

4. Follow the steps in the Repair E-mail Account wizard.

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When you install the Client Access server role, Exchange 2007 setup determines whether an SSL certificate has already been installed on the server. If an SSL certificate is not found, Exchange setup will create a self-signed SSL certificate in Internet Information Services (IIS) that meets validity tests for domain-connected clients. The self-signed certificate has a common name that maps to the NetBIOS name of the server. The self-signed certificate also includes the FQDN of the server as an additional DNS name that is stored in the certificate’s Subject Alternative Name field. This enables domain-connected clients to successfully connect to the Autodiscover service without receiving any certificate warnings if the certificate has not expired and the FQDN of the server you are connecting to is stored in the Subject Alternative Name of the certificate. Although the client is unable to validate the self-signed certificate up to the trusted root, this is the one validity test that is allowed when domain-connected clients connect to the Autodiscover service by using the self-signed certificate.

Note:
The Subject Alternative Name field is a special field that is available in X.509 v.3 certificates that lets you add multiple DNS names to a single certificate.

To summarize, the self-signed certificate allows domain-connected Outlook 2007 clients to work immediately after Exchange setup as completed and without any security warnings. However, we do not recommend long-term use of this self-signed certificate because it was primarily intended to ease the urgency of obtaining a correct certificate so that Outlook 2007 clients can immediately start to use Exchange 2007 features. However, Outlook Anywhere clients and mobile device users who connect by using Exchange ActiveSync will be unable to connect when referencing a certificate whose common name is the NetBIOS name of the server. Instead, the common name of the certificate must be in the form of a FQDN that maps to the external DNS namespace those clients will be connecting to, for example, mail.contoso.com.

Note:
We recommend that you immediately replace the self-signed certificate with a commercially available Internet trusted certificate or a trusted internal public key infrastructure (PKI)-issued certificate.

Because Outlook 2007 clients connect to the Autodiscover service by using SSL, this introduces a new challenge. Outlook 2007 clients must be able to resolve the DNS namespace, for example, autodiscover.contoso.com, in addition to other externally published Exchange features such as Outlook Web Access or Exchange ActiveSync which might reference a different DNS namespace, such as mail.contoso.com. This can all be done by using an SSL certificate that supports Subject Alternative Names. These types of certificates are known as Unified Communications certificates.

Although using a certificate that supports Subject Alternative Names is a recommended solution, there are other solutions you can implement if you cannot deploy a certificate that supports Subject Alternative Names. These scenarios and solutions are discussed in the following sections, starting with the implementation of a Unified Communications certificate.

We recommend that you provide all the necessary DNS names in the same certificate by using a Unified Communications certificate that supports the Subject Alternative Name field. Using a Unified Communications certificate reduces the complexity of configuring and managing the Autodiscover service and Exchange services URLs. However, using a Unified Communications certificate may increase the cost, as this kind of certificate can be more expensive than the single name certificates which you already may own.

Note:
There are special considerations when you use Unified Communications certificates with Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 and ISA Server 2006. For more information, see the following articles:

• ISA Server team blog article: Certificates with Multiple SAN Entries May Break ISA Server Web Publishing
  

Obtaining a Unified Communications Certificate

A list of third-party certification authorities (CAs) that currently support Subject Alternative Names is documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 929395, Unified Communications Certificate Partners for Exchange 2007 and for Communications Server 2007.

Or, you could install Windows Certificate Services and create and install your own SSL certificate that includes multiple DNS names. Although this may be the least expensive approach at first, you will incur the additional administrative overhead of distributing and maintaining the root certificates to your users so that clients that are not domain-connected can follow the certificate chain up to the trusted root certificate store. Additionally, your Outlook Anywhere users must manually install the root certificate on their remote workstations and Exchange ActiveSync users must manually install the root certificate on their mobile devices.

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Although certificates that support Subject Alternative Names are highly recommended, they are not required. Another recommended solution is to use one single-name certificate installed on the Default Web Site.

Important:
In this scenario, you must update the Autodiscover URL in the SCP object in Active Directory and the internal URLs for the Exchange services so that Outlook clients do not receive the following error: The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site.

This warning message, and how to correct it, is documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 940726, Warning message when you start Outlook 2007 and then connect to a mailbox that is hosted on an Exchange 2007-based server: "The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site".

If your DNS provider supports SRV records, this solution is the simplest and least expensive way to deploy Outlook Anywhere in hosted and non-hosted Exchange 2007 environments. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 940881, A new feature is available that enables Outlook 2007 to use DNS Service Location (SRV) records to locate the Exchange Autodiscover service, and Microsoft Knowledge Base article 939184, Description of the update rollup for Outlook 2007: June 27, 2007.

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Sometimes you cannot use a certificate that supports multiple DNS names. For example, this may occur if you want to replace the self-signed certificate with a preexisting certificate exported from an earlier version of Exchange, or if you have already purchased a new single-name certificate before fully understanding the certificate requirements for the Autodiscover service for Exchange 2007. If this describes your situation, there are alternative solutions you can implement to address these types of scenarios which will ultimately give you the same level of functionality. One option is to obtain a second certificate and install it on a second Web site which will be specifically used for Autodiscover.

In this scenario, one certificate is issued with the common name that is used as the entry point for clients that connect from the Internet, for example, mail.contoso.com. The second certificate has a common name that references the FQDN for the Autodiscover service, for example autodiscover.contoso.com. This option requires two separate Web sites and public IP addresses. The Default Web Site will host your primary Exchange features and services such as Outlook Web Access and Exchange ActiveSync while the second Web site will be used to host the Autodiscover service.

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Until the release of the update rollup for Outlook 2007, described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 939184 and referred to in Scenario 2: Using One Single-Name Certificate earlier in this white paper, this kind of deployment scenario was, and may still be, the ideal solution to use in situations such as a hosted Exchange 2007 environment. Using the Autodiscover service with redirection may be the ideal solution because some DNS providers do not support SRV records. However, this kind of deployment can also be used for organizations that are not hosting multiple domains. With this option, you install a single-name certificate on the Default Web Site and create another Web site that contains no certificate. Domain-connected clients continue to locate the Autodiscover service by using the SCP object and will not receive any security warnings as long as the URL for connecting to the Autodiscover service which is stored in the SCP object has been changed to refer to the FQDN of the certificate installed on the Default Web Site. Clients that connect from the Internet will at first be unable to find Autodiscover by using DNS, as described in How the Autodiscover Service Works earlier in this white paper. However, before failing to connect to the Autodiscover service, Outlook will try an additional method to connect to the Autodiscover URL by using HTTP (instead of HTTPS) and connect to the Autodiscover Web site and then be redirected to the Autodiscover service hosted under the Default Web Site. When these Internet-based Outlook clients connect to this redirection site, they will see a dismissible warning messaging asking them to verify that they are being redirected to a trusted URL. In this case, you must advise your users to accept this warning message and allow Outlook to connect to this trusted URL.

Note:
Similar to using two single-name certificates, this solution also requires a second public IP address which must be assigned to the second Web site.

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All the previous scenarios are supported by Microsoft but vary in complexity. The effort involved in implementing and managing each solution over the long term may result in increased the total cost of ownership depending on your environment. The following table illustrates the pros and cons associated with each solution.

Note:
Whichever solution you implement to replace the default self-signed certificate, your internal Outlook 2007 users may report that they receive the following security warning when they start Outlook: The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site.

For more information about this security warning, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 940726, Warning message when you start Outlook 2007 and then connect to a mailbox that is hosted on an Exchange 2007-based server: "The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site".

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This section discusses how to configure the Autodiscover service that uses either a Unified Communications certificate or a certificate created internally by using Windows Certificate Services. We recommend that you use a Unified Communications certificate that supports Subject Alternative Names.

The list of third-party certification authorities (CAs) that currently support Subject Alternative Names is documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 929395, Unified Communications Certificate Partners for Exchange 2007 and for Communications Server 2007.

The following procedures describe how to create a certificate request for submission to a third-party CA and when to use your own internal PKI by using Windows Certificate Services.

Step 1: Create the Certificate Request

• Create the certificate request for submission to your third-party certification authority (CA). On the Client Access server, open Exchange Management Shell and enter the following:

  New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -DomainName mail.contoso.com, autodiscover.contoso.com -FriendlyName contosoinc -KeySize 1024 -PrivateKeyExportable:$True -SubjectName "c=US o=contoso inc, CN=server01.contoso.com" -Path c:\certrequest.txt

  Important:
  If your internal DNS namespace differs from your external namespace, you will want to add more DNS names to the DomainNames parameter. For example, you might enter something similar to the following:

  New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -DomainName mail.contoso.com, autodiscover.contoso.com,  server01.contoso.local, server01 -FriendlyName contosoinc -KeySize 1024 -PrivateKeyExportable:$True -SubjectName "c=US o=contoso inc, CN=server01.contoso.com" -Path c:\certrequest.txt

  Note:
  You may be asked to include additional parameters or may be confused about what to enter for the SubjectName. Confirm the required parameters and necessary information with the CA vendor.

  Important:
  Make sure to include the PrivateKeyExportable parameter and set the value to $true if you plan to use the certificate on additional Client Access servers and ISA Servers computers.

After you request the certificate, see "Step 2: Install the Certificate" later in this section.

Step 1a (Optional) Install Windows Certificate Services and Request a Certificate

You can use Windows Certificate Services to create and manage your own SSL certificates. For additional details about how to manage your own Public Key Infrastructure for Windows Server 2003, see the following resources:

• Public Key Infrastructure for Windows Server 2003
  
• Best Practices for Implementing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Public Key Infrastructure
  

The following procedure describes how to install Windows Certificate Services and request an SSL certificate.

1. If you have not already done this, install Windows Certificate Services on a server that is running Windows Server 2003 in your messaging infrastructure.

2. On a server that is running Windows Server 2003, open Add/Remove Windows Components and install Certificate Services.

   Note:
   During installation of Certificate Services, you will be prompted to select the type of CA to install. Select the option to install an Enterprise CA and complete the wizard.

3. To create the certificate request, on the Client Access server, open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following:

   New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -DomainName mail.contoso.com, autodiscover.contoso.com -PrivateKeyExportable:$True -Path c:\certreq.txt

   Important:
   The first DNS name following the DomainName parameter will automatically become the common name associated with the certificate. Be certain that you enter the FQDN that users will use to connect to services including Outlook Web Access, Exchange ActiveSync, and Outlook Anywhere.

   Note:
   If your internal DNS namespace differs from your external namespace, you will want to add more DNS names to the DomainNames parameter. For example, you might enter something similar to the following:

   New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -DomainName mail.contoso.com, autodiscover.contoso.com, machinename, machinename.contoso.local -PrivateKeyExportable:$True -Path c:\certreq.txt

4. On your Client Access server, open Internet Explorer and enter the URL to connect to the Certificate Services administration Web page that is hosted on the server where you installed Certificate Services. For example, http://CAS01/certsrv or https://CAS01/certsrv.

5. Click Request a certificate, click Advanced certificate request, and then select Submit a certificate request by using a base-64-encoded CMC or PKCS #10 file.

6. Copy the contents of the certreq.txt file that you saved in step 3 in the Saved Request field.

7. Select Web Server under Certificate Template.

8. Click Submit.

9. Click Download certificate, and then save the CER file to Drive C, that is, c:\certnew.cer.

Step 2: Install the Certificate

The following procedure describes how to import and enable a third-party certificate or one that you created internally by using Windows Certificate Services. The process is the same for each.

Note:
The Import-ExchangeCertificate cmdlet installs the certificate in the Personal certificate store on the server and the Enable-ExchangeCertificate cmdlet installs the certificate on the Web site.

• To install and enable an SSL certificate, open the Exchange Management Shell on the Client Access server and run the following command:

  Import-ExchangeCertificate -Path <full path to cert file> | Enable-ExchangeCertificate  -Services iis

Step 3: (Optional) Administering and Using Root Certificates for End Users

Notice that domain-connected clients will typically obtain the root certificate automatically by using a Group Policy. However, there are circumstances when this may not work correctly. If domain-connected clients cannot automatically install the root certificate, you can manually configure a group to distribute certificates that will be trusted by all member computers of the domain. For more information about how to add a trusted root CA to a Group Policy object, see Add a trusted root certification authority to a Group Policy object.

Important:

Installing a root certificate on a mobile device requires that you connect the device with your Windows operating system. If you are running Windows XP, you must install the latest version of the desktop ActiveSync application. If you are running Windows Vista, you can use the integrated Windows Mobile Device Center in Control Panel but you must first download the Windows Mobile Device Center application.

1. Open Internet Explorer on a domain-connected computer, and then enter the URL to connect to the Certificate Services administration Web page.

2. Select the Download a CA certificate, certificate chain or CRL option, and then select Download a CA certificate option.

3. Save the .cer file to the desktop and name the .cer file root.cer.

4. Distribute the CER file to your remote users by using e-mail, an FTP site, or other method.

1. Copy the root certificate to the desktop.

2. Double-click the root certificate.

3. In the Certificate dialog box, on the General tab, click Install Certificate.

4. In the Certificate Import wizard, click Next.

5. Select Place all certificates in the following store, and then click Browse.

6. In the Select Certificate Store window, select Trusted Root Certification Authorities, and then click OK.

7. Click Next, and then click Finish.

1. Right-click the root certificate .cer file on the local computer, and then click Copy.

2. Open Windows Explorer, and then locate My Computer.

3. Double-click the Mobile Device icon to the view the folders on your device.

4. Right-click the folder where you want to copy the root certificate, and then click Paste.

5. When the root certificate has been copied to the device, close Windows Explorer.

6. On your device, open File Explorer and then locate the folder where you copied the root certificate.

7. Select the root certificate.

8. When you are prompted to install the certificate, click Yes.

   Important:
   You will not receive a message to let you know that the installation was successful.

Step 4: Create the Necessary Host Records in DNS

In most cases, you will already have a host record in external DNS for the host name that your users will be using to connect to your Exchange messaging infrastructure by using Outlook Web Access, Exchange ActiveSync or Outlook Anywhere. For example, mail.contoso.com. For the Autodiscover service to function correctly, you must add an additional host record so that Outlook 2007 clients can locate and connect to the Autodiscover service when they use the Outlook Anywhere feature from the Internet. The host record you create should map to the public IP address that will be used as the entry point to your Client Access server.

Step 5: Configure the Exchange Services URLs

Now that you have configured SSL for your Autodiscover service deployment scenario, you must configure your Exchange services for external access. For more information, see How to Configure Exchange Services for the Autodiscover Service later in this white paper.

Summary of Scenario 1

After you configure Exchange to use an SSL certificate that supports multiple DNS names and modify the Exchange services URLs as needed, the domain-connected clients will reference the internal URLs for the Exchange services that were automatically set when the Client Access server role was installed. Clients that are not domain-connected will connect by using the External URLs that you entered as part of this procedure. If your certificate includes all the necessary DNS names, both domain-connected and non-domain-connected clients will be able to successfully connect to the Autodiscover service without receiving security warnings that result from mismatched names. Domain-connected clients will locate the Autodiscover service by referencing the SCP object. Conversely, clients that are not domain connected will not locate the SCP object and will fail over to using DNS.

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This section describes how to use one single-name certificate where the common name of the certificate references the host name users will use to connect to Exchange from the Internet, for example, mail.contoso.com.

Step 1: Install a Certificate on the Default Web Site

The procedures in the following section assume that you already have obtained a valid third-party SSL certificate that uses the common name your users will be using to connect to your Exchange Messaging infrastructure. The first option describes how to use a preexisting certificate that you would export from an existing Exchange server that runs an earlier version of Exchange. The second option describes how to use a new third-party certificate.

If you must create a certificate request, see "Step 2: Install the Certificate" in the Scenario 1: How to Use a Certificate That Supports Multiple DNS Names section earlier in this white paper.

Option 1: Using an Existing SSL Certificate

The following procedures describe how to use an existing SSL certificate which you have already implemented for an earlier version of Exchange. Using IIS Manager on your existing earlier version of Exchange, export the existing certificate in PFX format by following these steps.

1. In IIS Manager, right-click Default Web Site, click Properties, and then click the Directory Security tab.

2. Click Server Certificate.

3. On the Web Server Certificate Wizard, select the Export the current certificate to a .pfx file option, and then click Next.

4. Name the file, and then save it to a location that you will use later.

5. Enter a password, and then click Next.

6. Click Next and then click Finish.

7. Import the certificate to the Personal Store by following these steps:

   1. In the Certificates snap-in for MMC, expand the top-level Certificates (Local Computer).
      
   2. Right-click Personal, click All Tasks, and then click Import.
      
   3. In the Certificate Import Wizard, click Browse, locate the .pfx file that you copied to the Client Access server, and then click Next.
      
   4. Enter the password that you applied to the .pfx file, and then select the check box next to Mark this Key as Exportable.
      
   5. Select Place all certificates in the following store, select Personal Certificate Store, and then click Next.
      
   6. Click Finish.
      

8. Determine the Thumbprint attribute of the imported certificate. To do this, open the Exchange Management Shell and run the following command:

   Get-ExchangeCertificate | fl

9. Locate the certificate that you just imported, copy the certificate’s thumbprint, and then run the following command:

   Enable-ExchangeCertificate -Thumbprint <thumbprint_of_new_certificate> -Services iis

Option 2: Using a New Single-Name Certificate

Use the Exchange Management Shell on your Client Access server to install and enable your new third-party certificate.

• On the Client Access server, open the Exchange Management Shell, and then run the following command:

  Import-ExchangeCertificate -Path <full path to CER file> | Enable-ExchangeCertificate  -Services iis

Step 2: Modify the Service Connection Point

By default, the URL for the Autodiscover service stored in the SCP object in Active Directory will reference the internal FQDN for the Client Access server during Exchange 2007 Setup. You will use the Set-ClientAccessServer cmdlet to modify this URL so that it points to the new location (FQDN) for the Autodiscover service.

Important:
You must repeat this step for every Client Access server that is installed in your Exchange messaging infrastructure.

• In the Exchange Management Shell, run the following command:

  Set-ClientAccessServer -identity <servername> -AutodiscoverServiceInternalUri https://autodiscover.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml

Step 3: Configure the Exchange Services URLs

Now that you have configured SSL for your Autodiscover service deployment scenario, you must configure your Exchange services for external and internal access. For more information, see How to Configure Exchange Services for the Autodiscover Service later in this white paper.

Step 4: Implementing the Autodiscover SRV Record for Outlook Anywhere Users

Because this solution uses one single-name certificate, clients that are not domain-connected that run Outlook 2007 will receive a security warning when they connect to the Autodiscover service. If your external DNS provider supports Autodiscover SRV records, you can address this issue with an Outlook 2007 software update. When this software update is applied, Outlook 2007 clients will perform an additional check for a DNS SRV record to locate the Autodiscover service that does not require multiple Web sites and IP addresses or a new Unified Communications SSL certificate. Although this still requires you to add a DNS record in DNS for the Autodiscover service, you will not have to use a certificate that supports multiple DNS names or have to administer a second Web site.

For more information about this software update for Outlook 2007, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 940881, A new feature is available that enables Outlook 2007 to use DNS Service Location (SRV) records to locate the Exchange Autodiscover service. To obtain this update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 939184, Description of the update rollup for Outlook 2007: June 27, 2007.

Summary of Scenario 2

In this scenario you installed a single-name certificate where the common name of the certificate references the host name users will use to connect to Exchange from the Internet, for example, mail.contoso.com. This solution required that you modify the SCP and the internal URLs of the Exchange services because the FQDN on the certificate differs from the FQDN referenced in the SCP and the internal URLs for the Exchange services.

This solution is most efficient if the following conditions are true:

• You do not want the additional administrative overhead of managing multiple Web sites and IP addresses.
  
• The certificate does not include a DNS name for the Autodiscover service.
  

This solution also requires an Outlook 2007 software update that supports Autodiscover SRV records. If your external DNS provider supports SRV records, a client that is not domain-connected will first try to locate the Autodiscover service by using the SCP object. Because the client cannot to contact Active Directory, it will fail over and try to locate the Autodiscover service by using the following URLs using DNS: https://contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml and then https://autodiscover.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml. This request will then fail over to the HTTP redirect algorithm, and will also be unsuccessful. Finally, the client will try one more method. It will check for an Autodiscover SRV record in DNS, and then connect.

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This section describes how to use two single-name certificates, where the common name of one certificate references the host name users will use to connect to Exchange from the Internet, and the common name on the second certificate references the Autodiscover host name, for example: autodiscover.contoso.com. The existing certificate will typically be exported from a legacy Exchange server or will be a certificate that was recently purchased. In either case, you must obtain a second certificate for the Autodiscover Web site.

Step 1: Adding a Second IP Address to Your Network Adapter

The first step in this process involves adding a second IP address to your network adapter on your Client Access server.

1. On the Exchange 2007 Client Access Server, open the properties of your network adapter.

2. Select Internet Protocol, and then click Properties.

3. Click Advanced.

4. Under IP addresses, click Add, and then, in the TCP/IP Address dialog box, enter an available IP address in the text box for the IP address, as shown in the following figure.

   

5. After you have entered an available IP address, click Add.

Step 2: Create Required DNS Records

In most cases, you will already have a host record in external DNS for the host name that users will be using to connect to Exchange from the Internet, for example, mail.contoso.com. You must also add an additional host record for the Autodiscover service so that Outlook 2007 clients can find and connect to the Autodiscover service when they use Outlook Anywhere from the Internet. This host record should map to a second public IP address that points to another entry point to your Client Access server.

The following procedure describes how to create the host record in internal DNS for the host name that is referenced in the common name of the certificate on the Default Web Site.

1. Open DNS Manager, and then expand the Forward Lookup Zones container.

2. Right-click your DNS zone, for example, contoso.com, and then click New Host (A).

3. Enter "mail" for the host name that is being used on the Default Web Site, for example, mail.contoso.com, and then assign it the local IP address that is assigned to the Default Web Site.

Note:
If your internal DNS namespace differs from your external namespace, you must create an additional DNS zone that matches your external namespace, and then create the host record within that zone.

Step 3: Install a Certificate on the Default Web Site

The procedures in the following section assume that you already have obtained a valid third-party SSL certificate that uses the common name your users will be using to connect to your Exchange Messaging infrastructure. The first option describes how to use a preexisting certificate that you would export from an existing Exchange server that is running an earlier version of Microsoft Exchange. The second option describes how to use a new third-party certificate.

If you must create a certificate request, see "Step 2: Install the Certificate" in the Scenario 1: How to Use a Certificate That Supports Multiple DNS Names section earlier in this white paper.

Option 1: Using an Existing SSL Certificate

The following procedures describe how to use an existing SSL certificate that you have already implemented for an earlier version of Microsoft Exchange. Using IIS Manager on your earlier version of Exchange, export the existing certificate in PFX format by using the following procedure.

1. In IIS Manager, right-click Default Web Site, click Properties and then click the Directory Security tab.

2. Click Server Certificate.

3. On the Web Server Certificate Wizard, select the Export the current certificate to a .pfx file option, and then click Next.

4. Name the file and save it to a location that you will use later.

5. Enter a password, and then click Next.

6. Click Next, and then click Finish.

7. Import the certificate to the Personal Store by following these steps:

   1. In the Certificates snap-in for MMC, expand the top-level Certificates (Local Computer).
      
   2. Right-click Personal, select All Tasks, and then click Import.
      
   3. In the Certificate Import Wizard, click Browse, locate the .pfx file that you copied to the Client Access server, and then click Next.
      
   4. Enter the password that you applied to the .pfx file, and then select the check box next to Mark this Key as Exportable.
      
   5. Select Place all certificates in the following store, select Personal Certificate Store, and then click Next.
      
   6. Click Finish.
      

8. To determine the Thumprint attribute of the imported certificate, open Exchange Management Shell and run the following command:

   Get-ExchangeCertificate | fl

9. Locate the certificate that you just imported, copy the thumbprint of the certificate, and then run the following command:

   Enable-ExchangeCertificate -Thumbprint <thumbprint_of_new_certificate> -Services iis

Option 2: Using a New Single-Name Certificate

Use the Exchange Management Shell on your Client Access server to install and enable your new third-party certificate.

• On the Client Access server, in the Exchange Management Shell, run the following command:

  Import-ExchangeCertificate -Path <full path to CER file> | Enable-ExchangeCertificate  -Services iis

Step 4: Configure the Default Web Site

The next step in this process is to configure the Default Web Site by using IIS Manager. The following procedure describes this process.

1. In IIS Manager, expand Web Sites, right-click Default Web Site, and then click Properties.

2. By default, the IP address will be assigned to All Unassigned. Select your primary IP address and assign it to the Default Web Site.

3. Click Advanced, click Edit, and then change the IP assignment for port 443 to the primary IP address.

   

Step 5: Configure the Autodiscover Web Site

The next step in this process is to configure the Autodiscover Web site by using IIS Manager. The following procedure describes this process.

1. In IIS Manager, right-click Web Sites, click New, and then select Web Site.

2. When the Web Site Creation Wizard opens, click Next.

3. In the Web Site Creation Wizard, on the Web Site Description page, in the Description field, enter the name of your Web site. For example, "Autodiscover Web Site". Click Next.

4. On the IP Address and Port Settings page, select the second IP address that you added from the drop-down list, and then click Next.

   

5. On the Web Site Home Directory page, click Browse, select c:\Inetpub\wwwroot, and then click OK. Leave the Anonymous access check box selected, and then click Next.

6. On the Web Site Access Permissions page, accept the default setting for Read permission, click Next, and then click Finish.

Step 6: Installing a Certificate on the Autodiscover Web Site

The following procedure in this section assumes that you have already obtained a valid third-party certificate with the common name users will be using to connect to the Autodiscover service, for example, autodiscover.contoso.com. Because the Enable-ExchangeCertificate command only works for certificates installed on the Default Web Site, you must use IIS Manager to install this certificate on the Autodiscover Web site.

1. In the Exchange Management Shell, enter the following command to import the second certificate into the Personal Certificate store on the server:

   Import-ExchangeCertificate -path <full_path_to_CER_file>

2. In IIS Manager, expand Web Sites, right-click the Autodiscover Web Site, and then click Properties.

3. On the Directory Security tab, click the Server Certificate button.

4. When the Web Server Certificate Wizard opens, click Next.

5. On the Server Certificate page, select Assign an existing certificate and then click Next.

6. On the Available Certificates page, select the certificate that was provided by your CA for the Autodiscover Web site and then click Next.

7. On the SSL Port page, accept the default setting of 443 and then click Next.

8. On the Certificate Summary page, confirm the details are correct, click Next and then click Finish to complete the Web Server Certificate Wizard.

Step 7: Create a New Autodiscover Virtual Directory

After you have configured the new Autodiscover Web site in IIS, you will use the Exchange Management Shell to create a new Autodiscover virtual directory.

• In the Exchange Management Shell, run the following command:

  New-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory -WebSite "Autodiscover Web Site"

  Note:
  The name of the Web site that you enter is case-sensitive.

Step 8: Modify the SCP Object

By default, the URL for the Autodiscover service stored in the SCP object in Active Directory will reference the internal FQDN for the Client Access server during Exchange 2007 Setup. You will use the Set-ClientAccessServer cmdlet to modify this URL so that it points to the new location (FQDN) for the Autodiscover service.

Important:
You must repeat this step for every Client Access server that you install in your Exchange messaging infrastructure.

• In the Exchange Management Shell, run the following command:

  Set-ClientAccessServer -identity <servername> -AutodiscoverServiceInternalUri https://autodiscover.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml

Step 9: Configure the Exchange Services URLs

Now that you have configured SSL for your Autodiscover service deployment scenario, you must configure your Exchange services for external and internal access. For more information, see How to Configure Exchange Services for the Autodiscover Service later in this white paper.

Summary of Scenario 3

After you configure Exchange to use two single-name certificates and Web sites, domain-connected clients will connect to the Autodiscover service that is hosted under the Default Web Site that is found by using the SCP object. Conversely, non-domain-connected clients will locate the Autodiscover service by using DNS and connect to the Autodiscover service hosted under the second Web site. Because each Web site contains a valid certificate, all clients should be able to connect without receiving any security warnings.

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The following section describes how to configure the Autodiscover service when you use one single-name certificate with an SSL Web site in addition to a second Web site responsible for redirecting incoming requests over port 80 to the Autodiscover virtual directory set to accept requests over port 443.

Note:
If you are a large-scale hoster and unable to implement Scenario 2, review the optional information that appears after the following steps.

Note:
These steps assume that you have already obtained a valid third-party certificate with the common name users will be using to connect to Exchange from the Internet which is installed on the Default Web Site of your Client Access server, for example, mail.contoso.com.

Step 1: Adding a Second IP Address to Your Network Adapter

The first step in this process involves adding a second IP address to your network adapter on your Client Access server.

1. On the Exchange 2007 Client Access server, open the properties of your network adapter.

2. Select Internet Protocol and then click Properties.

3. Click Advanced.

4. Under IP addresses, click Add and then enter an available IP address.

   

Step 2: Create Required DNS Records

In most cases, you will already have a host record in external DNS for the host name users will be using to connect to Exchange from the Internet, for example, mail.contoso.com. You must also add an additional host record for the Autodiscover service so that Outlook 2007 clients can find and connect to the Autodiscover service when they use Outlook Anywhere from the Internet. This host record should map to a second public IP address that points to another entry point to your Client Access server. The following procedure describes how to create the required host records in internal DNS.

1. Open DNS Manager and expand the Forward Lookup Zones container.

2. Right-click your DNS zone, for example, contoso.com, and then click New Host (A).

3. Enter "autodiscover" and the second IP address which you already assigned to your network adapter.

   

4. Create an additional host record for the host name being used on the Default Web Site, for example.mail.contoso.com, and assign it the local IP address which is assigned to the Default Web Site.

Step 3: Configure the Default Web Site

The next step in this process is to configure the Default Web site. The following procedure describes this process.

1. In IIS manager, right-click the Default Web Site and then click Properties.

2. By default, the IP address will be assigned to All Unassigned. Select your primary IP address and assign it to the Default Web Site.

3. Click Advanced, and then click Edit and change the IP assignment for port 443 to the primary IP address.

   

Step 4: Create a New Autodiscover Directory Structure

The following procedure describes how to create a new Autodiscover directory structure which will be used by the Autodiscover redirect Web site that you create in the next step.

1. On the Client Access server, open a new Windows Explorer window, and then locate C:\Inetpub.

2. Create a new folder under c:\Inetpub named Autodiscover.

3. Create a subfolder under c:\Inetpub\Autodiscover named Autodiscover.

4. Create a new blank text file, and then name it autodiscover.xml.

Step 5: Create the Autodiscover Redirect Web Site

1. In IIS Manager, right-click Web Sites, and then click New Web Site.

2. In the New Web Site Wizard, in the Description box, enter the name of the Web site, for example, Autodiscover Web Site, and then click Next.

3. In the IP Address and Port Settings window, select the second IP address that you added and then click Next.

   

4. In the Web Site Home Directory window, browse and then select c:\Inetpub\autodiscover, leave the Anonymous access check box selected, and then click Next.

5. Expand the Autodiscover Web Site and select the Autodiscover virtual directory under the Web site.

6. In the right pane, right-click the autodiscover.xml file, and then select Properties.

7. Select the A redirection to a URL option and enter the URL to the Autodiscover.xml file that is located under the Default Web Site by using the FQDN users will use to connect to Outlook Web Access, Exchange ActiveSync and Outlook Anywhere, for example, https://mail.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml.

   

Step 6: Modify the Service Connection Point Object

By default, the URL for the Autodiscover service stored in the SCP object in Active Directory will reference the internal FQDN for the Client Access server during Exchange 2007 Setup. For internal users who use Outlook 2007, you will use the Set-ClientAccessServer cmdlet to modify the URL so that it references the common name of the certificate on the Default Web Site.

• In the Exchange Management Shell, run the following command:

  Set-ClientAccessServer -AutodiscoverServiceInternalUri https://mail.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml

Step 7: Configure the Web Services URLs

Now that you have configured SSL for your Autodiscover service deployment scenario, you must configure your Exchange services for external and internal access. For more information, see How to Configure Exchange Services for the Autodiscover Service later in this white paper.

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If you manage a large, distributed organization that has Active Directory sites that are separated by low-bandwidth network connectivity, we recommend that you use site affinity for the Autodiscover service for intranet-based traffic. To use site affinity, you specify which Active Directory sites are preferred for clients to connect to a particular Autodiscover service instance. Specifying which Active Directory sites are preferred is also known as configuring site scope.

You configure site affinity by using the Set-ClientAccessServer cmdlet. This cmdlet lets you specify the preferred Active Directory sites for connecting to the Autodiscover service on a specific Client Access server. After you configure site affinity for the Autodiscover service, the client will connect to the Autodiscover service as you specified.

The following example uses a topology that includes one forest with three sites:

• US-contoso   A contoso site that is located in North America
  
• Europe-contoso   A contoso site that is located in Europe
  
• APAC-contoso   A contoso site that is located in Asia
  

In this example, each Active Directory site has Client Access servers and Mailbox servers. The US-contoso site is connected to the Europe-contoso site by using a high-speed connection. The US-contoso site is connected to the APAC-contoso site by using a low-speed connection. The APAC-contoso site is connected to the Europe-contoso site by using a high-speed connection.

Based on these connectivity factors, you might want to allow users in the US-contoso and Europe-contoso sites to use either the Client Access servers in the US-contoso or the Europe-contoso sites, users in the Europe-contoso site to use any Client Access servers in the organization for the Autodiscover service requests, and users in the APAC-contoso site to use the Client Access servers in the APAC-contoso or the Europe-contoso site. Finally, the Client Access servers can be reached by using a common internal namespace across all sites.

You can configure site scope for users in the US-contoso site by configuring the Autodiscover site scope correctly on the Client Access servers in the US-contoso Active Directory site. To do this use the following command.

Set-ClientAccessServer -Identity "us-cas" -AutodiscoverServiceInternalURI "https://internal.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml" -AutoDiscoverSiteScope "us-contoso","europe-contoso"

The previous command ensures the following:

• If an Outlook 2007 client is a member of the US-contoso Active Directory site, it will use the US-CAS SCP record for its Autodiscover requests. Additionally, the client will not try to use an APAC-CAS server for Autodiscover requests.
  
• If an Outlook 2007 client is a member of the Europe-contoso Active Directory site, it can use the US-CAS SCP record for its Autodiscover requests.
  

You can configure site scope for users in the APAC-contoso site by configuring the Autodiscover site scope property on the Client Access servers in the APAC-contoso site. To do this, use the following command.

Set-ClientAccessServer -Identity "apac-cas" -AutodiscoverServiceInternalURI "https://internal.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml" -AutoDiscoverSiteScope "apac-contoso","europe-contoso"

The previous command ensures the following:

• If an Outlook 2007 client is a member of the APAC-contoso Active Directory site, it will use the APAC-CAS SCP record for its Autodiscover requests. Additionally, the client will not try to use a US-CAS server for Autodiscover requests.
  
• If an Outlook 2007 client is a member of the Europe-contoso Active Directory site, it can use the APAC-CAS SCP record for its Autodiscover requests.
  

Finally, because the Client Access servers in the Europe-contoso Active Directory site are connected to both the US-contoso and APAC-contoso sites by using a high-speed connection, you will want to make sure that users in either of those sites can use the Client Access servers in the Europe-contoso site. To do this, configure the Autodiscover site scope property as follows.

Set-ClientAccessServer -Identity "europe-cas" -AutodiscoverServiceInternalURI "https://internal.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml" -AutoDiscoverSiteScope "us-contoso", "europe-contoso", "apac-contoso"

The previous command ensures that Outlook 2007 clients that are members of the Europe-contoso Active Directory site use the Europe-CAS SCP record for Autodiscover service requests. Additionally, the Outlook client can also use either the US-CAS SCP record or the APAC-CAS SCP record after you run the previous commands.

Therefore, if a user is located in the US-contoso site and tries to locate the Autodiscover service by using Outlook 2007, the Outlook client can select the SCP record from the list in which the site scope equals "us-contoso". In this case, the client will either access a US-CAS server or a Europe-CAS server.

If you do not alter the site-scope settings for the Autodiscover service, the Outlook client will only use the Client Access servers in its local site (US-contoso, Europe-contoso, APAC-contoso). If, on the other hand, you delete the site-scope settings, Outlook will randomly select an SCP record for Autodiscover requests. This could result in a poor experience for the end user because the request may go out of the user's Active Directory site and use a low quality network connection. For example, if you did not run the previous commands, a user in the US-contoso Active Directory site would potentially use the APAC-CAS server, the Europe-CAS server, or the US-CAS server.

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You can use the Set-ClientAccessServer cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell to configure the Autodiscover service to use site affinity on a computer that is running Exchange 2007 that has the Client Access server role installed.

Before You Begin

To perform the following procedure, the account you use must be delegated the Exchange Server Administrator role and membership in the local Administrators group for the target server.

For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Exchange 2007, see Permission Considerations.

• Run the following command:

  Set-ClientAccessServer -Identity "ServerName" -AutodiscoverServiceInternalURI "https://internalsitename/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml" AutoDiscoverSiteScope "SiteName"

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-ClientAccessServer.

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You can deploy Microsoft Exchange by using multiple forests. Two of the multiple forest deployment scenarios are the resource forest topology and the multiple trusted forest topology. The following sections describe how the Autodiscover service is used in these two deployment scenarios.

Configuring the Autodiscover Service in a Resource Forest Topology

If you use a resource forest topology, user accounts reside in one forest (known as a user account forest) and Microsoft Exchange is deployed in a separate forest (known as a resource forest).

In this scenario, the following will occur:

1. The Outlook client contacts Active Directory in the user account forest to locate the URL for the Autodiscover service. Because the service is hosted in the resource forest, you must update Active Directory in the user account forest to include the information that Active Directory requires to enable the client to access the resource forest. To do this, you must create an Autodiscover SCP pointer record in Active Directory in the user account forest. The Autodiscover SCP pointer record includes the LDAP URL of the resource forest that the client will use to locate the Autodiscover service in the resource forest.
   
2. Outlook binds to the target forest by using the LDAP URL and retrieves the SCP records.
   
3. Depending on your SCP record configuration, the following will occur:
   
   1. If the account forest Active Directory sites are in the resource forest, which requires Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 synchronization, the Outlook client will retrieve the SCP records for the Outlook client's Active Directory site.
      
   2. If the SCP records do not have a site scope that matches the Outlook client's site, the Outlook client will retrieve an SCP record at random. Also, if the Active Directory site topology is not being replicated between the user account forest and the resource forest, the Outlook client will retrieve an SCP record at random.
      
4. The Outlook client connects to the URL that is specified in the SCP record that was obtained and retrieves the required user profile settings by using the Autodiscover service.
   

Note:
To synchronize Active Directory sites between forests, see "Synchronizing Sites and Subnets" in Multiple Forest Considerations in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003.

Configuring the Autodiscover Service in a Multiple Trusted Forest Topology

In the multiple trusted forest scenario, the user accounts and Microsoft Exchange are deployed in multiple forests. Exchange 2007 features such as the Availability service and Unified Messaging rely on the Autodiscover service to access user accounts across forests. In this scenario, the Autodiscover service must be available to users across multiple trusted forests. This scenario resembles the resource forest scenario, except that the Autodiscover SCP object must be configured in all forests. To configure the Autodiscover SCP object in the multiple forest topology, run the Export-AutoDiscoveryConfig cmdlet from each forest that has the Autodiscover service against each target forest where Microsoft Exchange is deployed.

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If your Exchange deployment has two or more trusted forests, you must update Active Directory so that users who are running Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 in one forest can access the Client Access servers in the remote (or target) forest to use the Autodiscover service. To do this, you must extend the schema in the user forest by running Exchange 2007 Setup with the /PrepareAD or /PrepareSchema switch, and then run the Export-AutodiscoverConfig cmdlet in the resource forest that contains the Client Access servers that provide the Autodiscover service against the target forests. This will configure the SCP information for the Autodiscover pointer in Active Directory. Or, you can manually create the root Autodiscover SCP record container in the user forest.

Important:
If you install Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you will not have to extend the schema or manually create the Autodiscover SCP record container in the user forest.

Note:
If you do not want to extend the schema in the user forest, you can update DNS in the user forest with a host record that points to the internal IP address of the Client Access server in the resource forest where Autodiscover is hosted.

Note:

If you will be manually creating the Autodiscover SCP record container, you must install the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools from the Windows Server 2003 CD. After the Autodiscover SCP record container is installed, you can access the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) Edit tool by going to the Start menu, clicking Programs, and then clicking Windows Support Tools. Then select Support Tools Help.

Before You Begin

To perform the following procedures, the account you use must be delegated the Exchange Server Administrator role and membership in the local Administrators group for the target server.

For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Exchange 2007, see Permission Considerations.

• Run Exchange 2007 Setup on a server in the user forest by using the following command:

  Setup.com /prepareschema

• Or, create the "Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover" container in the user account forest by following these steps:

  1. Start ADSI Edit.
     
  2. Expand the Configuration container.
     
  3. Expand CN=Configuration,DC=<root domain>.
     
  4. Expand the CN=Services container.
     
  5. Right-click CN=Services, click New, and then select Object.
     
  6. Under Select a Class, select Container, and then click Next.
     
  7. Next to Value, enter "Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover", and then click Next.
     
  8. Click Finish.
     
  9. Allow Active Directory replication to occur before you continue with the next step.
     

1. On an Exchange 2007 Client Access server in the resource forest, enter the user name and password for the account that has the required permissions for the target forest in the variable "$a" by running the following command:

   $a = Get-Credential

2. On an Exchange 2007 Client Access server in the resource forest, run the following command:

   Export-AutoDiscoverConfig -DomainController DomainControllerName -TargetForestDomainController TargetForestDomainControllerName -TargetForestCredentials $a -MultipleExchangeDeployments $true

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Export-AutoDiscoverConfig.

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You can use the Exchange Management Shell to configure your Microsoft Exchange deployment to handle mailboxes that are moved from one forest to another for the Autodiscover service.

For a cross-forest mailbox move, the two forests must be trusted. For the Autodiscover service to handle this move, you must configure a mail contact in the original forest where the user's mailbox resided.

When you configure a mail contact, the user will authenticate to the original forest where the mailbox resided, and the user will receive a redirect that uses the new e-mail address. The client will then try to contact the Autodiscover service by using the new e-mail address against the new forest.

For example, contoso.com and fourthcoffee.com are separate, trusted forests and the mailbox for a user is kwekua@contoso.com. This user originally resided in the forest named contoso.com and was moved to the forest named fourthcoffee.com.

For this example, you have to set a contact in mail1.contoso.com by using the following command in the Exchange Management Shell.

New-MailContact -ExternalEmailAddress 'SMTP:kwekua@fourthcoffee.com' -Name 'Kweku Ako Adjei' -Alias 'kwekua' -OrganizationalUnit 'contoso.com/Users' -FirstName 'Kweku' -Initials '' -LastName 'Ako Adjei'

After you configure the contact, when the user connects to contoso.com and uses the contoso.com credentials, the following request is sent to the Outlook 2007 client.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>\r\n

<Autodiscover xmlns="http://schemas.contoso.com/exchange/autodiscover/outlook/requestschema/2006">\r\n

<Request>\r\n

<EMailAddress>kwekua@contoso.com</EMailAddress>\r\n

<AcceptableResponseSchema>http://schemas.contoso.com/exchange/autodiscover/outlook/responseschema/2006a</AcceptableResponseSchema>\r\n

</Request>\r\n

</Autodiscover>

The Outlook 2007 client will receive the following redirect response from contoso.com.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\r\n

<Autodiscover xmlns="http://schemas.contoso.com/exchange/autodiscover/responseschema/2006"><Response xmlns="http://schemas.contoso.com/exchange/autodiscover/outlook/responseschema/2006a">\r\n

<Account>\r\n

<Action>redirectAddr</Action>\r\n

<RedirectAddr>kwekua@fourthcoffee.com</RedirectAddr>\r\n

</Account>\r\n

</Response></Autodiscover>

The user will then be able to connect to the Autodiscover service by using this new e-mail address in the mail2.contoso.com forest.

Before You Begin

To perform the following procedure on an Exchange 2007 Client Access server, the account you use must be delegated the Exchange Server Administrator role and membership in the local Administrators group for the target server.

For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Exchange 2007, see Permission Considerations.

• Run the following command:

  New-MailContact -ExternalEmailAddress 'SMTP:kwekua@fourthcoffee.com' -Name 'Kweku Ako Adjei' -Alias 'kwekua' -OrganizationalUnit 'contoso.com/Users' -FirstName 'Kweku' -Initials '' -LastName 'Ako Adjei'

For more information about syntax and parameters, see New-MailContact.

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This section explains how to configure Microsoft Exchange services, such as the Availability service, for the Autodiscover service on a Microsoft Exchange 2007 computer that has the Client Access server role installed.

When you enable Outlook Anywhere, you must also configure external access to Microsoft Exchange services for the Autodiscover service. This includes the URLs for the Availability service, Exchange Web Services, Unified Messaging (UM), and the offline address book.

If you do not configure the external URL values, the Autodiscover service information that is provided to the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 client may be incorrect for clients that are connecting from outside your network. They may be able to connect to their Microsoft Exchange mailbox. However, they will be unable to use Exchange features such as Out of Office functionality, the Availability service, Unified Messaging, or offline address book downloads.

Generally, the internal URL is configured by Microsoft Exchange Setup and references the internal FQDN of the Client Access server. However, the external URL values are NULL and must be configured by using the virtual directory cmdlet for each component.

In this section, you will configure external host name, authentication, and encryption settings for the following Web services:

• Outlook Anywhere
  
• Offline address book
  
• Unified Messaging
  
• Exchange Web Services
  

If you performed a custom installation of Exchange 2007 and you will not be using an Exchange service such as Unified Messaging, you will not have to complete the procedure to configure the external URL for Unified Messaging for the Autodiscover service later in this section. Additionally, if you are not providing external access to your Exchange services, you can safely ignore these procedures.

Before You Begin

To perform the following procedures, the account you use must be delegated the Exchange Server Administrator role and membership in the local Administrators group for the target server.

For more information about permissions, delegating roles, and the rights that are required to administer Exchange 2007, see Permission Considerations.

Important:

The following procedures assume that you are using a Unified Communications certificate that supports multiple DNS names, as discussed in Scenario 1: Using a Certificate That Supports Multiple DNS Names earlier in this white paper. If you have configured the Autodiscover service by following Scenario 2: Using One Single-Name Certificate or Scenario 3: Using Two Single-Name Certificates, you must also modify the internal URL of each Exchange service so that the FQDN in the URL references the common name of the certificate on the Default Web Site. For example, you must set the internal URL to https://mail.contoso.com/ews/exchange.asmx.

• Run the following command:

  Enable-OutlookAnywhere -Server CAS01 -ExternalHostname "mail.contoso.com" -ExternalAuthenticationMethod "Basic" -SSLOffloading:$False

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Enable-OutlookAnywhere.

• Run the following command:

  Set-OABVirtualDirectory -identity "CAS01\OAB (Default Web Site)" -externalurl https://mail.contoso.com/OAB -RequireSSL:$true 

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-OABVirtualDirectory.

• Run the following command:

  Set-UMVirtualDirectory -identity "CAS01\UnifiedMessaging (Default Web Site)" -externalurl https://mail.contoso.com/UnifiedMessaging/Service.asmx  -BasicAuthentication:$True

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-UMVirtualDirectory.

• Run the following command:

  Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -identity "CAS01\EWS (Default Web Site)" -externalurl https://mail.contoso.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx -BasicAuthentication:$True

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory.

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