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Exchange 2010: How to set up certificates for OWA/Autodiscover, and TLS between SMTP servers, and Edge Subscription?
Hi there. We have a two server Exchange 2010 set up: One internal server that is the Client Access and Hub Transport and an external server that is our Edge.
We have an SSL certificate from a public CA we want to present when users log in to OWA/Autodiscover/etc. We would also like to have TLS connections using an SSL cert between external SMTP servers and of course, a cert is needed to handle the Edge subscription between Edge and the Hub.
When trying to use the same certificate for these use cases, Exchange will throw an error saying: "Sharing the same certificate between Edge and Hub Transport servers is not allowed."
What's not clear from searching around is what the best practice is here: Use a public CA cert for OWA/Autodiscover/etc., and use a self-signed for SMTP/TLS? Wouldn't it be advantageous to use a public CA cert for SMTP connections between external SMTP servers? Should we buy two certs then for this case?
Thanks in advance!
We have an SSL certificate from a public CA we want to present when users log in to OWA/Autodiscover/etc. We would also like to have TLS connections using an SSL cert between external SMTP servers and of course, a cert is needed to handle the Edge subscription between Edge and the Hub.
When trying to use the same certificate for these use cases, Exchange will throw an error saying: "Sharing the same certificate between Edge and Hub Transport servers is not allowed."
What's not clear from searching around is what the best practice is here: Use a public CA cert for OWA/Autodiscover/etc., and use a self-signed for SMTP/TLS? Wouldn't it be advantageous to use a public CA cert for SMTP connections between external SMTP servers? Should we buy two certs then for this case?
Thanks in advance!
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Gonthax
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Hi Viktor,
Yes, that's correct. Thanks!
Yes, that's correct. Thanks!
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Thanks, Viktor - self-signed certificates are OK for communication between external SMTP servers (meaning our server connecting to a foreign SMTP server)? They're implicitly trusted? Thanks!
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Exactly! Perfect that the issue is solved
Exactly! Perfect that the issue is solved
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Thank you Viktor for your help - I'm surprised self-signed certificates are ok for such use, but it seems to work. Cheers!
You receive this error when you try to create the Edge Susbcription ( "Sharing the same certificate between Edge and Hub Transport servers is not allowed.") ?
Cheers