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bozard -> Certificate Warning from Outlook 2007 (24.Apr.2007 10:31:59 AM)

I am having users with my internal network.  My users are getting errors that the certificate from the exchange 2007 server is incorrect when using outlook 2007.

I know that the error is VALID, I just want to turn this pop up message off! I had to set the certificate on the exchange server to match the website which is not the same internally hence the problem.


Could someone please help?



Henrik Walther -> RE: Certificate Warning from Outlook 2007 (26.Apr.2007 2:11:23 AM)

You got two options:

  • Buy yourself a SAN certificate (pricing around 600$), which supports subject alternative names
  • Create additional web sites for the Autodiscover and EAS/OWA/Outlook Anywhere, then keep the self-signed cert on the default web site.



mantrl -> RE: Certificate Warning from Outlook 2007 (21.Jun.2007 3:29:11 AM)

I've had this same problem, so I created addtional websites and kept the self-signed cert for those, following these instructions: http://www.sembee.co.uk/archive/2007/01/21/34.aspx

This fixed the problem for most users, but there are still some computers on the network that are getting the certificate error, no matter which user logs in to use outlook, which means its more than likely a computer issue.

Anyone have any suggestions?



mantrl -> RE: Certificate Warning from Outlook 2007 (22.Jun.2007 10:27:28 PM)

I investigated this issue a little further and since I have two IPs setup on my mail server (192.168.0.5 - for internal mail, 192.168.0.6, for external mail with SSL) some computers are using the 192.168.0.6 IP for exchange mail, thus getting the SSL popup, can I limit which IP outlook 2007 uses for internal exchange mail?



BeTaCam -> RE: Certificate Warning from Outlook 2007 (23.Jun.2007 3:29:48 AM)

Hi
 
Set your External and Internal names of the cas server to the "name" designated on the certificate. This is a classical example where you generate a certificate and etc etc etc...[:(]
 
[:)]Assuming that you have generated a server certificate for the external interface ( webmail.abc.com for example), then you'd need to do the following.
 
Set-ClientAccessServer –AutodiscoverServiceInternalUri  https://webmail.abc.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
 
Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory –InternalUrl https://webmail.abc.com/ews/exchange.asmx
 
Set-OabVirtualDirectory –InternalUrl https://webmail.abc.com/oab

HTH
 
BC[:D]



thomforeman -> RE: Certificate Warning from Outlook 2007 (5.Jul.2007 5:45:25 PM)

 
I had tried all of the steps found on the links in the this thread, but finally figured it out with this Technet article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb310764.aspx

Configuring Exchange to Use an SSL Certificate with Redirection



To configure your Outlook Anywhere deployment to use an SSL certificate with redirection, you must do the following:
  1. Configure a valid SSL certificate   You must obtain a valid SSL certificate from a certification authority (CA) that is trusted by the client computer's operating system. For more information about how to use SSL for Exchange 2007 client access, see Managing SSL for a Client Access Server. After you acquire a valid SSL certificate, apply the certificate to the default Web site of your Client Access server.
  2. Configure the URLs for Exchange services   You must configure the external and internal URLs for your available Exchange services to point to the default Web site, for example, mail.contoso.com. For more information about how to set the URLs for the Exchange services, see How to Configure Exchange Services for the Autodiscover Service.
  3. Configure the service connection point object   You must configure the service connection point (SCP) object to use a site dedicated to handling e-mail, for example, mail.contoso.com. You do this by running the following command:




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    Set-ClientAccessServer -id <CAS01> -AutoDiscoverServiceInternalUri https://mail.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
  4. Configure the IP address for the default Web site   You must set the default Web site to listen on only one IP address. After you have done this, bind an additional IP address to the network adapter, also known as a NIC, for the Client Access server.
  5. Create a new Web site in IIS   Use Internet Information Services (IIS) to create a new Web site. Create a new folder named Autodiscover_redirect in the file system under C:\Inetpub.





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    You must allow Read and Anonymous access to the Web site that you create.
  6. Create the Autodiscover redirect   Use Windows Explorer to locate the folder that you created named Autodiscover_redirect. Create a new folder named Autodiscover in the Autodiscover redirect folder, and then use a text editor to create a new blank text file that has the name Autodiscover.xml in the Autodiscover folder.
  7. Configure the new Web site   You must configure the new Web site that you created to redirect to the site that is dedicated to handling e-mail, for example, mail.contoso.com. In IIS Manager, right-click the Autodiscover.xml file that you created, and then click Properties. On the Properties page, select A redirection to a URL, and then enter the same information that you used to configure the SCP object. For example, https://mail.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml.
  8. Test your results   After you have completed all these steps, you must make sure that the site that you are using to handle e-mail, for example, mail.contoso.com, can be resolved internally and externally by using your Outlook 2007 client.

Hope this helps some people.



thomforeman -> RE: Certificate Warning from Outlook 2007 (5.Jul.2007 6:16:48 PM)

I spoke to soon. I still have the issue.



MIDOOooo -> RE: Certificate Warning from Outlook 2007 (10.Jan.2008 4:50:24 PM)

POP3 account settings ...i get this warning only in outlook 2007 but works fine with outlook 2003.
"The server you are connected to is using a security certificate that could
not be verified. the target principle name is incorrect." 
Do you want to continue using this server? y/n"

I always answer yes, Outlook retrieves my e-mail and everything works fine.
It does this every time I open Outlook.



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