Change OWA Login Page

You would change where they go to by adding a dns record.  for example you could point to owa.yourdomain.com. or mail.yourdomain.com

THe https can be redirected by following these steps.  Works like a charm.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555053

http://www.amset.info/exchange/owa-defaultpage.asp
 
 

You can goto https://server/owa and it should work. Exchange 2003 supports both /exchange and /owa by default.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839357

When I try to redirect without using the /exchange I'm getting prompted to enter username and password and do not see the forms based authentication login page.

you need the /exchange

I tried to redirect the defualt website in IIS to /exchange thinking that when a user typed in https://webmail.domainname.com it would take them to the forms page at /exchange.  The only thing i've done is I added a cname in dna so use webmail instead of the servers real name.

open iis
and got proparties of default web
1- under home directory
2- click a redirection to a URL
3- redirect to     /exchange
4- check adirectory below URL entered

That's exactly how I have iis configured and still no good.

when you go to webmail.yourdomain.com what happens?
When you go to webmail.yourdomain.com/exchange what happens?
when you go to webmail.yourdomain.,com/owa what happens?

The first and the last I get a windows security box prompting me for a username and password.  The second goes to the forms based authentication login page correctly.

Do you have forms based authentication enabled in ESM?

ESM
Administrative Groups
First Admin Group
Servers
Protocol
HTTP

Try this
Create a new virtual directory for webmail
redirect that virtual directory to /Exchange

make sure dns has an antry for webmail.yourdomain.com

Same result.  

I'm wondering if the issue is because the genious who named the server named it server_2 which is a non supported chracter in a naming ocnvention.  What do you think?

OWA is not recognised by Exchange 2003 using /owa it will not work unless you create a new vDir for it.

You can simplify the URL so you don't need to use /exchange by following the instructions here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839357

Modifying your DNS will not help you.

I have this set as describe din this KB.  All I get when I don't user the /exchange is a windows security box instead of the OWA login page.  If I enter my credentails it takes me straignt to by inbox.

This is because you don't have Forms Based Authentication enabled.

there is an article here on how to configure this: http://www.petri.co.il/configuring_forms_based_authentication_in_exchange_2003.htm

I have forms based authentication enabled since when I use servername/exchange it brings up the OWA login page.

Cab you screenshot te login box you get?

Attached is the logon box with the server names blacked out.   Distregard the IE sctreen in the background the first time I typed the web address I used http instead of https.  Once I use https is when I receive this box.  The blacked out parts are as the server webmail.domainname at webmail.domainnaem.
Scan001.PDF

hello a lot has been going on with this post please could you give an update on what your exact problem is currently as some confusion the screen shot you showed states a problem witness the http redirect which is not working

If you can successfully type https://server/exchange you are good or if you have redirected your default directory to exchange doing a https://server should land you at forms based OWA login page.

The only problem I can see is http redirect is not working for you please follow the following KB (which has already been posted by Dezmaster)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839357

Also please note BACKUP IIS prior to making any changes so you have something to revert to if all goes wrong