How do you stop auto discovery in selected domains.
We have just upgraded our MS Exchange Server from 2003 to 2010 (running Hub Transport, CAS and Mailbox roles). Our AD forest has the root domain (we’ll call Domain A) plus three sub domains (let’s call them B,C,D). Our clients are running Windows XP and Office 2007. Only one domain (domain D) currently has exchange server installed however at least domain C did have exchange 2003 at one point in time. Since the upgrade computers in domain B and C are now asking users for logon credentials to the Exchange server in domain D. My issue is that users in domain B and C are configured to use exchange servers located in completely separate forest that have one way trust between either domain B or C and the local customer they support. If the users hit cancel outlook works properly but they are prompted to log into domain D’s Exchange once an hour. I’m looking for the best way to stop this from occurring while not disrupting the auto discovery/configuration features domain D. I hope this make sense and I realize it’s confusing but that’s the way this project was setup for various reason.
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I tried that and it didn't seem to work. The users are still getting prompted for username and password. The hit cancel and everything works again until they get prompted again.
Are there some logs I should / could be looking at that may give me clues to what's going on?
Are there some logs I should / could be looking at that may give me clues to what's going on?
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I got word back today that even after this change the users are still getting prompted. I guess I may be missing something here still because the clients are already configured users. Is there a reason Outlook would still be running the auto discovery if the client is configured?
I've also verified that the new GPO is being applied although I'm not sure how to verify that the settings are truly being applied. That's to say when I do a gpresult it say it's applied but were would I go to verify that the settings in the GPO took inside of outlook?
I've also verified that the new GPO is being applied although I'm not sure how to verify that the settings are truly being applied. That's to say when I do a gpresult it say it's applied but were would I go to verify that the settings in the GPO took inside of outlook?
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Looks like I mis-configured the GPO. I misread what it said and disabled the settings instead of enabling them to stop the auto discovery feature. Let me see if this does indeed correct our issue and get back to you.
ok good luck. i am sure it will work
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It worked. Thanks again for the help.
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use the Outlk12.adm file for outlook 2007 and
Take a look at Automatic Profile Configuration:
1.Expand Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
2.Expand Tools | Account Settings
3.Click on Exchange
4.Double click on Automatically configure profile based on Active Directory Primary SMTP Address item
5.The possible values are Not Configured, Enabled and Disabled.
you chose "disabled" . apply this policy on the domain you want to disable autodiscovery
you can not do anything else as the configuration information for exchange is sotred on configuration partition
that is common accross forest.