How to redirect OWA URLs running on exchange 2003/2007/2010

How to redirect OWA URLs running on exchange 2003/2007/2010

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As a messaging engineer we usually meet a situation (when user complains about they don’t remember the exact URL for OWA) that there is a need to simplify OWA URL. In this case we can use the following script in order to redirect OWA URLs requests to SSL enabled URL.

Exchange 2003
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Exchange 2007
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*Usage*

• Copy the script and save it as Redirect.htm.
• Copy Redirect.htm to %/Inetpub/wwwroot/
• Set Redirect.htm as Default Content Page at IIS Default Web Site

*Notes*

The above redirection works only on Windows 2003.

 

For exchange 2007/2010 running on windows 2008/2008R2
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Step 1:
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1. Log on Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
2. Switch back to Features view of the “Default Web Site” and double click on “Error Pages”.
3. In the Actions pane, click on “Edit Feature Settings” and under “Error Responses”, select: “Custom Error Pages”. Then click OK.
4. In the Actions pane, click on “Add” and configure the following
5. Status code: 403.4
6. Click on Respond with a 302 redirect and provide the absolute URL:

*Note:* Make sure you are using “https”

Step 2:
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1. Open IIS 7 Manager
2. Highlight the Default Website and ensure we are in the Features View
3. Double click on HTTP Redirect icon
4. Check the option “Redirect requests to this destination:” and type the absolute OWA URL:
5. Under Redirect Behavior section, select the option “Only redirect requests to content in this directory (not subdirectories)”
6. From the drop down, select the Status code: Found (302)
7. Click Apply to save the settings
8. Run IISRESET /noforce command in CMD for the settings to take effect.

Note:Disable SSL on default website. Enable SSL on the required virtual directores only (eg; owa,autodiscover,Exchange-Server-Active-Sync,etc…)