OWA issues

I'm running Exchange 2010 via SBS2011.  My Remote Web Workplace works fine remotely and internally.  However OWA does not.  I must add https:// in the beginning of the url in order for it to work.  If I don't, I get the 'Problem Loading Page' error.

Ideas?
creativenetworksAsked:
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Suliman Abu KharroubConnect With a Mentor IT Consultant Commented:
If you can access http from internal then it must be the sonicwall blocking http traffic from external or not forwarding it to exchange server ..
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xenoninfotechCommented:
Hi

You should be accessing owa by https://   only .

Have you installed a trusted certificate.

Thanks

Xenoninfotech
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Suliman Abu KharroubIT Consultant Commented:
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creativenetworksAuthor Commented:
yes using a GoDaddy 3rd party UCC SSL
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Suliman Abu KharroubIT Consultant Commented:
Had you checked the provided link ?
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creativenetworksAuthor Commented:
Reading it now.  What's unusual is that internal to the LAN, whey you type www.domainname.com/owa it goes to the proper website, but external to the lan, it does not and requires you type https:// in front of it in order for it to work.
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Suliman Abu KharroubIT Consultant Commented:
Seems that you are publishing OWA on TMG or another firewall.... make sure that http port 80 is forwarded to exchange server...

but again it is not a good idea to access it without https.

If the firewall is TMG, you need to create a deny rule to redirect http://mail.domain.com/ https://mail.domain.com/owa
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creativenetworksAuthor Commented:
It's a sonicwall TZ200.  Port 80 shows open via port checker.
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Suliman Abu KharroubIT Consultant Commented:
try to telnet from outside to exchange public ip on port 80?
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creativenetworksAuthor Commented:
I just rechecked and port 80 is showing closed.  what the heck?
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Suliman Abu KharroubIT Consultant Commented:
Check the firewall, and if you enable http, make sure to confure http to https redirection as per the above link.
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creativenetworksAuthor Commented:
when I check the bindings in IIS they all point correctly.
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Suliman Abu KharroubIT Consultant Commented:
and the sonicwall firewall ? does it configured to forward http traffic to exchange server ?
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creativenetworksAuthor Commented:
I'm not a sonicwall expert but it looks right
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creativenetworksAuthor Commented:
You've got to be right.  I'm gonna call Sonicwall.
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creativenetworksAuthor Commented:
Had to create a NAT policy in Sonicwall that went from Public IP to Private open.  Opened Port 80 then could access OWA successfully.,
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