OWA 2K to multiple servers/single domain

I have an enviornment with (2) Exchange 2000 servers. I have OWA working on
the 'master' server, but when a user whose mailbox resides on the 'member'
server attempts to access their mail using OWA, they receive the login
dialog and after answering that, they get a page not found error. I've used
OWA with Exchange 5.5 and didn't have this problem. I've searched using
Google, and have found a few other people who have posted messages with
this same problem, but without finding an answer. Does anyone know how to
fix this?

Thanks.

John

Chris
Wed Aug 18 23:50:05 CDT 2004

In the last exciting episode, "bielot@sbcglobal.net"
<jbielot@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I have an enviornment with (2) Exchange 2000 servers. I have OWA working on
>the 'master' server, but when a user whose mailbox resides on the 'member'
>server attempts to access their mail using OWA, they receive the login
>dialog and after answering that, they get a page not found error. I've used
>OWA with Exchange 5.5 and didn't have this problem. I've searched using
>Google, and have found a few other people who have posted messages with
>this same problem, but without finding an answer. Does anyone know how to
>fix this?

Are they attempting to access it on the server their mailbox resides
on? If not, you need a FE server.

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bielot
Thu Aug 19 20:59:08 CDT 2004

Maybe I'm not explaining this correctly. The enviornment is a single Win2K
mixed mode forest/domain with (2) sites. Each site has an Exchange 2K
server. 'Master' server has the SSL cert installed on it, and is the one
that is configured to be accessable from the Internet. Mailboxes residing
on this server are accessable. Mailboxes residing on the 2nd server, the
'Member' server aren't accessable using OWA. I get the logon dialog, but
then when I'd expect OWA to appear, instead of that I get a page not found.
Internally, if I use Outlook 2K/XP/2K3 and setup the user and point to the
*wrong* mail server, he or she can still open their mailbox due to the AD
lookup of the mailbox location.

Are you saying that with the massive changes between Exchange 5.5 & 2K,
that in order to enable OWA and allow access to *both* servers, that I'd
need to get more hardware, write MS another check (as if Bill & company
don't have enough cash already), and setup a FE/BE type enviornment when
that wasn't necessary with Exchange 5.5? Doesn't it still do an AD lookup
to find the mailbox? Can you point me to an 'official' MS document
somewhere that explains this? Management is not going to be happy.

John

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:50:05 -0500, Chris Scharff [MVP] wrote:

> In the last exciting episode, "bielot@sbcglobal.net"
> <jbielot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> [8 quoted lines suppressed]
>
> Are they attempting to access it on the server their mailbox resides
> on? If not, you need a FE server.

Chris
Thu Aug 19 21:20:22 CDT 2004

In the last exciting episode, "bielot@sbcglobal.net"
<jbielot@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>Are you saying that with the massive changes between Exchange 5.5 & 2K,
>that in order to enable OWA and allow access to *both* servers, that I'd
>need to get more hardware, write MS another check (as if Bill & company
>don't have enough cash already), and setup a FE/BE type enviornment when
>that wasn't necessary with Exchange 5.5?
Yes.

>Doesn't it still do an AD lookup
>to find the mailbox?

Yes.

>Can you point me to an 'official' MS document
>somewhere that explains this?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/library/frontbak.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=AFAD8426-572E-40F8-99DA-EB7198F374C4&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/library/efessghs.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/deploy/upgrademigrate/series/deploymentguide/d_08_tt1.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/mailexch/opsguide/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/maintain/e2kfront.mspx

>Management is not going to be happy.

I can imagine.

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John
Fri Aug 20 15:16:45 CDT 2004

Thanks Chris. In my case, the # of users who currently need OWA access to
the 2nd server is in the single digits... hence the great reluctance to
purchase another server, another license for Win2K server, and another
Exch2K license.

One user is 90+% remote all the time, so I'll probably just move his mailbox
back to the master server, then it will work for him. It will just be a
little slower if he happens to be at the site where the 2nd server is since
he'll be opening is mail across the WAN. Outlook is smart enough to do the
AD lookup and open the mailbox on the appropriate server.

Is there a way to setup a users mailbox so that it exists on both servers?
Since one server has to be the home server, that would be the 'master', but
can I then replicate that users mailbox to the 2nd server? That would
introduce a delay with mail delivery, but solve the problem since the
mailbox would exist on the master server.

John

"Chris Scharff [MVP]" <puevf_fpuness@znvy-erfbheprf.pbz> wrote in message
news:rhnai05704emn2h3ri35akvff4kadr57sb@4ax.com...
> In the last exciting episode, "bielot@sbcglobal.net"
> <jbielot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >Are you saying that with the massive changes between Exchange 5.5 & 2K,
> >that in order to enable OWA and allow access to *both* servers, that I'd
> >need to get more hardware, write MS another check (as if Bill & company
> >don't have enough cash already), and setup a FE/BE type enviornment when
> >that wasn't necessary with Exchange 5.5?
> Yes.
>
> >Doesn't it still do an AD lookup
> >to find the mailbox?
>
> Yes.
>
> >Can you point me to an 'official' MS document
> >somewhere that explains this?
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/library/frontbak.mspx
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=AFAD8426-572E-40F8-99DA-EB7198F374C4&displaylang=en
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/library/efessghs.mspx
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/deploy/upgrademigrate/series/deploymentguide/d_08_tt1.mspx
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/mailexch/opsguide/default.mspx
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/maintain/e2kfront.mspx
>
> >Management is not going to be happy.
>
> I can imagine.
>
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Chris
Fri Aug 20 18:04:25 CDT 2004

In the last exciting episode, "John"
<jbielot@nospam.algonquin-industries.com> wrote:

>
>Is there a way to setup a users mailbox so that it exists on both servers?
>Since one server has to be the home server, that would be the 'master', but
>can I then replicate that users mailbox to the 2nd server? That would
>introduce a delay with mail delivery, but solve the problem since the
>mailbox would exist on the master server.

Not in any currently shipping versions of Exchange. Numerous people
have suggested it as a desired feature but the current architecture
makes any implementation a bit thorny. They might have something by
2012.

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John
Tue Aug 24 11:08:47 CDT 2004

But, you forgot to mention that it may not arrive until 2012, but it will be
listed as a feature in the next great release... :)

"Chris Scharff [MVP]" <puevf_fpuness@znvy-erfbheprf.pbz> wrote in message
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> In the last exciting episode, "John"
> <jbielot@nospam.algonquin-industries.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >Is there a way to setup a users mailbox so that it exists on both
servers?
> >Since one server has to be the home server, that would be the 'master',
but
> >can I then replicate that users mailbox to the 2nd server? That would
> >introduce a delay with mail delivery, but solve the problem since the
> >mailbox would exist on the master server.
>
> Not in any currently shipping versions of Exchange. Numerous people
> have suggested it as a desired feature but the current architecture
> makes any implementation a bit thorny. They might have something by
> 2012.
>
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> Chris Scharff
> MessageOne
> http://www.messageone.com
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