Outlook 2007/2010 client auto-discover issue
We migrated away Exchange 2003 organization to Exchange 2010. The issue happens randomly to Outlook Client 2007 that its auto-discover keeps trying to connect to old exchange servers which already brought down!
I don't manage Exchange Server, our Exchange Administrator stating that this is a known issue with Outlook Client 2007/2010 and nothing can be corrected! Personally, I think something can be done at Exchange Server setting or GPO! Unfortunately, I manage
none of those areas.
Please educate me the issue Outlook Client Auto-Discover randomly connect to old Exchagne Server and what can be done to correct them at either side, Server and Workstations. Thanks.
Thang Mo
January 26th, 2012 11:19am
What service is trying to connect to Exchange 2007? I would guess that most likely you have some public folders with replicas still on the Exchange 2007 server. Another thing to check is that all your virtual server URLs are set to the correct
server.
See Set-ClientAccessServer -AutoDiscoverServiceExternalUri.
Check Set-OutlookAnywhere -ExternalHostName.
Also see the -ExternalUrl and -InternalUrl properties of Set-OwaVirtualDirecotry, Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory, Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory, Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory, Set-EcpVirtualDirectory, and Set-OabVirtualDirectory.
Get-ClientAccessServer | Set-ClientAccessServer -AutodiscoverServiceInternalUri https://webmail.contoso.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
Get-OwaVirtualDirectory | Set-OwaVirtualDirectory -InternalURL https://webmail.contoso.com/owa -ExternalURL https://webmail.contoso.com/owa
Get-EcpVirtualDirectory | Set-EcpVirtualDirectory -InternalURL https://webmail.contoso.com/ECP -ExternalURL https://webmail.contoso.com/ECP
Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory | Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -InternalURL https://webmail.contoso.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx -ExternalURL https://webmail.contoso.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx -Force
Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory | Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory -InternalURL https://webmail.contoso.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml -ExternalURL https://webmail.contoso.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
Get-OABVirtualDirectory | Set-OABVirtualDirectory -InternalUrl https://webmail.contoso.com/OAB -ExternalUrl https://webmail.contoso.com/OAB -RequireSSL:$True
Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory | Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory -InternalURL https://autodiscover.contoso.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml -ExternalURL https://autodiscover.contoso.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
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January 26th, 2012 11:33am