Chrissalter
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Have i screwed up??
Hi All,
I think ive screwed up
We've just got an online server to use for exchange purposes, i called the domain web.local
now when im trying to connect to outlook anywhere its trying to connect to servername.web.local which doesnt resolve
can anybody advise what i need to do?
Thanks in advance
I think ive screwed up
We've just got an online server to use for exchange purposes, i called the domain web.local
now when im trying to connect to outlook anywhere its trying to connect to servername.web.local which doesnt resolve
can anybody advise what i need to do?
Thanks in advance
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right, autodiscover works off of a cname dns entry, you would need that public dns server to have an _SRV record called _autodiscover, pointing to servername.web.com
that way, it will autodiscover to the right address - then you just need to make sure the right ports are forwarded in your firewall to your exchange server, usually 80 and/or 443
here's an overview of how it works:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124251.aspx
here's how to set it up on the inside of your network:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201695.aspx
and here's how to set it up on the outside (public dns host):
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2010/management-administration/exchange-autodiscover.html
http://duitwithsbs.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/create-dns-service-location-srv-records-for-the-exchange-autodiscover-service/
that way, it will autodiscover to the right address - then you just need to make sure the right ports are forwarded in your firewall to your exchange server, usually 80 and/or 443
here's an overview of how it works:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124251.aspx
here's how to set it up on the inside of your network:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201695.aspx
and here's how to set it up on the outside (public dns host):
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2010/management-administration/exchange-autodiscover.html
http://duitwithsbs.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/create-dns-service-location-srv-records-for-the-exchange-autodiscover-service/
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the users that will be connecting to the service are not in anyway shape or form "Computer Literate"
at this stage removing exchange / AD and changing the domain name would not be a big problem, just lost time
is it a case that the autodiscover settings will only send the physical domain name of the server?