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How to simplify the Outlook Web Access URL and redirect users from http to https

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1 This topic explains how to simplify the Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access URL in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. By using Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, you can simplify the Outlook Web Access URL that users use to access their mailbox.

The first procedure in this topic configures a request that is sent to the root of the Web server (https://server name) to redirect to the Exchange virtual directory. For example, a request to https://server/ is directed to https://server/owa for an Exchange 2007 server or to https://server/exchange for an Exchange Server 2003 server.

The second procedure redirects a request to http://server to https://server/owa for an Exchange 2007 server or to https://server/exchange for an Exchange 2003 server. To help secure the information that is sent between the client and the server, the default Web site is set to require Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) at installation.

To simplify access to Outlook Web Access for your users, you may want to configure the Outlook Web Access Web page, which is usually the default Web site in IIS, to automatically redirect users to https.


To use IIS Manager to simplify the Outlook Web Access URL

  1. Open IIS Manager, and then navigate to Web Sites/Default Web Site. Right-click Default Web Site, and then click Properties.
  2. Click the Home Directory tab, and then click the A redirection to a URL option.
  3. In Redirect to, type /directory name. For example, to redirect https://server name requests to https://server name/exchange, in Redirect to, type /exchange.
    • If all the mailboxes that will be accessed by using Outlook Web Access are located on Exchange 2007 servers, you can replace /exchange with /owa. Doing this will redirect all requests to https://server name to https://servername/owa.
  4. In the The client will be sent to: list, select A directory below URL entered.


To use IIS Manager to simplify the Outlook Web Access URL and redirect users to https

  1. Create the following file in Notepad and save it to drive:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\inetpub\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\wwwroot as SSLRedirect.htm, replacing <server name> with the name of your Client Access server:
 

<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Redirection to https:</title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh"
CONTENT="1; URL=https://<servername>/exchange">
</head>
<body>
This page is attempting to redirect you to <a href="https:// <servername>/exchange/">https:// <servername>/exchange</a><br>
If you are not redirected within a few seconds, please click the link above to
access Outlook Web Access.
</body></html>










 

Open IIS Manager, and then navigate to Web Sites/Default Web Site. Right-click Default Web Site, and then click Properties.

    2. Click the Home Directory tab, and then select A redirection to a URL.
    3. In Redirect to, enter /Exchange.
    4. Select The client will be sent to: A directory below the URL entered
        above.
    5. Click the Custom Errors tab, and then find HTTP Error 403;4 in the table.
        Click 403;4 to select it, and then click Edit.
    6. Click Browse to locate the file that you created at the start of this procedure.
    7. Click OK to save your changes.
    8. Open a Command Prompt window, and then type iisreset /noforce to
        restart IIS.

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