Well, that was an educational 2 hours. It turns out that when you have one CAS server proxying to another, the downstream server should *not* have an external URL entered. The other change we made was to disable forms auth and enable windows auth on the downstream server. Once we did that, OWA and activesync just worked
...Tim -----Original Message----- From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 2:39 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Activesync issue Yes, it has the correct ExternalURL entered on this server. I'm on the phone with PSS now :-) I don't think there is such a thing as a "quick call" to PSS :-( I'll let you know what they find ...Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Troy Meyer [mailto:troy.me...@monacocoach.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 2:24 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Activesync issue > > Tim, > > Double check and make sure that your new server has an external site url > assigned for OWA. For some reason your Exchange box in the new site > isn't correctly determining AD site structure. Without having more > information about your environment it's hard to know why. You sound > like you are 90% there, perhaps its worth a quick support call to MSFT > to track down the misfire. > > -troy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:18 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Activesync issue > > > And the link that it gives you for optimal performance is to the first > OWA site you built? > > This is correct > > > It sounds like its trying to route your OWA request based on the > site.... > > It does that even when I'm logged on as my test user with a mailbox in > the new site > > > How have you setup autodiscover in your environment? > I have a DNS entry for Autodiscover.sparling.com that points to the > original CAS server > > ...Tim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Troy Meyer [mailto:troy.me...@monacocoach.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:52 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Activesync issue > > > > And the link that it gives you for optimal performance is to the first > > OWA site you built? > > > > It sounds like its trying to route your OWA request based on the site > > your mailbox is in, I.E. if your personal mailbox is in site1 it will > > route you to OWA in site1. Can you try this with a mailbox that is > > housed in site2 and see if the new OWA site works with that account? > > > > How have you setup autodiscover in your environment? > > > > -troy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:16 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Activesync issue > > > > Thanks, Troy > > Yes, I can log into OWA internally by going to the server. Externally, > > when I log in I get a page that says "Use the following link to open > > this mailbox with optimal performance:" and gives me the URL I used to > > log in, along with a button to add to favorites, but no mailbox. If it > > makes any difference, all the sites are published thru ISA 2006. > > > > > > ...Tim > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Troy Meyer [mailto:troy.me...@monacocoach.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:02 AM > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Activesync issue > > > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > > > Can you access the new OWA web page from internal or external > sources > > at > > > all? It shouldn't require any special setup to be on a new site, > > though > > > I have heard of Autodiscover issues on MB/CAS/HT combo boxes, is > your > > > first server running this same combo? > > > > > > If you can't see the site internally, is this an authentication > issue? > > > Are you using basic auth over SSL? > > > > > > -troy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:42 AM > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: Exchange 2007 Activesync issue > > > > > > OK, I'm probably missing something simple, but I'd appreciate it if > > > someone could point me in the right direction. I'm in the middle of > a > > > migration from Ex03 to Ex07. I've got 3 sites. The first site has > been > > > migrated and everything is working properly. I just installed the > new > > > Ex07 server in a different site, and migrated the mailboxes over to > > it. > > > Mail flow properly in and out of the new server, but activesync, & > owa > > > don't work. The new server is a combination MBX/CAS/HT server. The > > users > > > I'm troubleshooting were all set up and working fine before the > > > migration. 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