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Exchange 2010 Autodiscover cerfication error
Posted on 2012-04-05
Hello!
I have a problem with my Exchange 2010 server.
When users connect while on the domain they get the autodiscover uri from AD and that works great.
However, when connected outsite the domain - they get a certification error stating "The name on the security certification is invalid or does not match the name of the site."
I have been googling this for a while now and tryed all kinds of soloutions with no success.
I have;
Point DNS from autodiscover.domain.com TO mail.domain.com
My autodiscover Url is set to https://mail.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
The problem is, the cert is for mail.domain.com and this does not match with autodiscover.domain.com !
This is from testexchangeconnectivity.c
Please, anyone who could assist me?
I have a problem with my Exchange 2010 server.
When users connect while on the domain they get the autodiscover uri from AD and that works great.
However, when connected outsite the domain - they get a certification error stating "The name on the security certification is invalid or does not match the name of the site."
I have been googling this for a while now and tryed all kinds of soloutions with no success.
I have;
Point DNS from autodiscover.domain.com TO mail.domain.com
My autodiscover Url is set to https://mail.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
The problem is, the cert is for mail.domain.com and this does not match with autodiscover.domain.com !
This is from testexchangeconnectivity.c
Attempting to test potential Autodiscover URL https://autodiscover.domain.com/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml
Testing of this potential Autodiscover URL failed.
Test Steps
Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.domain.com in DNS.
The host name resolved successfully.
Additional Details
Testing TCP port 443 on host autodiscover.domain.com to ensure it's listening and open.
The port was opened successfully.
Testing the SSL certificate to make sure it's valid.
The SSL certificate failed one or more certificate validation checks.
Test Steps
ExRCA is attempting to obtain the SSL certificate from remote server autodiscover.domain.com on port 443.
ExRCA successfully obtained the remote SSL certificate.
Additional Details
Validating the certificate name.
Certificate name validation failed.
Tell me more about this issue and how to resolve it
Additional Details
Please, anyone who could assist me?
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3 Comments
>> My autodiscover Url is set to https://mail.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
I presume you are referring to the autodiscover URL you have set in your Service Connection Point (SCP) for internal purposes? (Set using Set-ClientAccessServer -AutodiscoverServiceIntern
If so, the SCP is valid only for domain-joined machines. If you are connecting externally or from a non-domain machine, the value stored in Active Directory is not available to those computers. In these cases, Outlook automatically infers the URL, trying https://<smtp-domain>/Autodiscover
In this case, the process will fail because your SSL certificate does not mention autodiscover.domain.com as a valid DNS name.
How to resolve the problem?
-Matt
I presume you are referring to the autodiscover URL you have set in your Service Connection Point (SCP) for internal purposes? (Set using Set-ClientAccessServer -AutodiscoverServiceIntern
If so, the SCP is valid only for domain-joined machines. If you are connecting externally or from a non-domain machine, the value stored in Active Directory is not available to those computers. In these cases, Outlook automatically infers the URL, trying https://<smtp-domain>/Autodiscover
In this case, the process will fail because your SSL certificate does not mention autodiscover.domain.com as a valid DNS name.
How to resolve the problem?
Purchase a Unified Communications certificate from somewhere like GoDaddy which lists the autodiscover domain in addition to the mail domain. This is the standard practice.
Remove your autodiscover.domain.com record from external DNS and instead use the SRV connection point method to direct Autodiscover to the mail.domain.com record: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940881 - this method does require your public DNS provider to support SRV records. Many do not.
Use a wildcard certificate - not something I would recommend. I have had issues with wildcard certificates, and they are generally a lot more costly than a multi-name SAN/UC certificate anyway
-Matt
generate a new cert request from exchange 2010 and include all your FQDN, then purshace UCC cert from a public CA.
continue your pending request in exchange 2010 console.
continue your pending request in exchange 2010 console.
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