
Redirect the Default Server URL to OWA in Exchange Server 2010
Four years back, when I enabled SSL Certificate in Exchange Server 2003, I got calls from my friends, that Exchange OWA was not working, Is the “Exchange Server Down” ?. Apart from this, my Boss asked me that, why not configure OWA to simply type, mail.msserverpro.com instead of typing https://mail.msserverpro.com/owa . It would easy for end users when they access Exchange OWA.
At the time, it took me one week to implement as such. Through this article, I am sharing my four years experience to my friends, which will be very helpful in the future. Here I will repeat this configuration in Exchange Server 2010.
Let’s configure Exchange Server to access OWA, so users will simply have to type into the browser, mail.msserverpro.com instead of tying, https://mail.msserverpro.com/owa . Follow these steps on the Exchange Server (Client Access Role Install) to configure this redirection. First configure https://mail.msserverpro.com to https://mail.msserverpro.com/owa . It leaves off /owa into the URL. 1. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, Click Start, Administrative Tools, and Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.





7. Now log on to workstations, Open the Internet Explorer, type https://mail.msserverpro.com . It should automatically redirect https://mail.mssserverpro.com/owa .
Now configure Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS 1. On the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager console, browse to the Default Web Site; double-click on the Error Pages icon in the IIS Section.




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I hope this article will useful so that you can configure Exchange server for URL friendly Web Access.
Hello Naresh Ji
By the way how did u redirect https://mail.mserverpro.com/owa by just typing mail.mserverpro.com in Exchange server 2003. I have found some documents in Website. They provide some script. Even Microsoft has provided the script . But Microsoft script does not work. How did u implemet that one ? Do u have that script. In Exchange 2007/2010 it is easy .
Prasanna
I will post this on my next article.
Boy that ralely helps me the heck out.