RPC Over HTTPS - Outlook 2007

Click Start and then select Control Panel and select Switch to Classic View.

Select Mail the Mail setup window should by displayed, click on E-mail Accounts.

When the Add New E-mail Account is displayed your select Microsoft Exchange as your E-mail Service and cl ick Next.

On the Exchange Server Settings page, type in the FQDN of the front-end Exchange Server. This must be the same name used on the Web site certificate you have assigned to the front-end Exchange Server’s Web site. For example, we obtained a Web site certificate for the front-end Exchange Server’s Web site. The Common Name (CN) on the Web site certificate is exchange.utdallas.edu

Insert UTDEVS20.campus.ad.utdallas.edu in the Microsoft Exchange Server text box. This is EXTREMELY important.

Type a user account name in the User Name text box. Click the Check Name button to confirm that the Outlook 2007 client machine can communicate with the front-end Exchange Server.

Put a checkmark in the Use ­Cached Exchange Mode checkbox.

Click the More Settings button.

You can change how Outlook detects the connection state on the General tab of the Microsoft Exchange Server dialog box. Do not make any changes here unless you have an explicit reason to do so.

Click on the Advanced tab. Confirm that there is a checkmark in the Use Cached Exchange Mode checkbox. The default selection is Download shared folders you can also select Download Public Folder Favorites as an option.

Click on the Security tab. Put a checkmark in the Encrypt information between Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Exchange checkbox. For Logon network security select Negotiate Authentication.

Click on the Connection tab. Select the Connect using my Local Area Network (LAN) option. Put a checkmark in the Connect to Exchange mailbox using HTTP, and then click the Exchange Proxy Settings button.

You configure the specifics of the RPC over HTTP session in the Exchange Proxy Settings dialog box.

Type in rpc.utdallas.edu to your front-end Exchange Server in the Use this URL to connect to my proxy server for Exchange text box.

Put a checkmark in Connect using SSL only as well as Only connect to proxy servers that have this principal name in their certificate checkbox. Put in the FQDN of the front-end Exchange Server (the same name listed on the Web site certificate) in the Principal name for proxy server text box. Use the format:

Msstd:FQDN

For example, we use msstd:webmail.utdallas.edu for our published front-end Exchange Server because the Common Name on the certificate is webmail.utdallas.edu.

Check both On fast networks and On slow networks, connect using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP check box.

In the Use this authentication when connecting to my proxy server for Exchange drop down box, select the Basic Authentication option. This forces you to use SSL, which is OK, because we are using SSL for our links.

Click OK on the Exchange Proxy Settings dialog box.

Click Apply and OK on the Microsoft Exchange Server dialog box.

Click Next on the Exchange Server Settings page.

Click Finish on the Congratulations! Page.

For any assistance contact the Help Desk ext. 2911 or assist@utdallas.edu.