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Unified Communication Certificate Server name - 9.May2008 10:57:08 AM

atedja

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Hi All Techie,

Let say if you can only have to choose 3, then which name should you put into your certificate so that the Exchange Activesynch and Outlook Autodiscover works ?
1. domain.com
2. autodiscover.domain.com
3. servername.domain.com
4. owa.domain.com

I'm still in the middle of confusion of which name should I take.

Thanks

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RE: Unified Communication Certificate Server name - 9.May2008 11:03:40 AM

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There are certificates where you can add multiple urls to. Maybe that's an option for you.

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RE: Unified Communication Certificate Server name - 9.May2008 9:30:47 PM

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Yes, I know that's wild card SSL Cert.

but if you can only have 3 URL, which one you must take then ?

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RE: Unified Communication Certificate Server name - 9.May2008 11:47:40 PM

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All you really need is 2 for 1 domain name. mail.domain..com and autodiscover.domain.com. Having the NetBIOS name of the server and the FQDN of the server name are not real requirements. They're more needed when you want to access OWA using the FQDN of the server or the NetBIOS name. You can also throw in domain.com if you want to publish Autodiscover using your domain.com instead of autodiscover.domain.com

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RE: Unified Communication Certificate Server name - 12.May2008 5:07:42 PM

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I wouldn't put domain.com in the certificate. Domain.com shouldn't be pointing at your Exchange server anyway, that should be pointing at your web site.
My preferred three is

server.example.local (server's real name)
owa.example.com (the OWA address)
autodiscover.example.com (the autodiscover address).

If you are using Unified Messaging (the feature) then the certificate MUST contain the server's real name, otherwise UM will not accept it.

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RE: Unified Communication Certificate Server name - 12.May2008 5:10:13 PM

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I probably should have added that I also prefer autodiscover.domain.com instead of domain.com, but domain.com can still work for Autodiscover if you want it to.

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RE: Unified Communication Certificate Server name - 20.May2008 10:17:30 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: atedja

Hi All Techie,

Let say if you can only have to choose 3, then which name should you put into your certificate so that the Exchange Activesynch and Outlook Autodiscover works ?
1. domain.com
2. autodiscover.domain.com
3. servername.domain.com
4. owa.domain.com

I'm still in the middle of confusion of which name should I take.

Thanks

I just purchased a SAN Cert from Digicert and I went with the following:

1. autodiscover.domain.com
2. mail.domain.com (used for OWA and Activesync)
3. servername.domain.com

It works like a charm.

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RE: Unified Communication Certificate Server name - 20.May2008 10:21:14 PM