If you are using Windows Server 2003, follow these steps: You must use Internet IIS Manager to create this virtual directory for Exchange ActiveSync and Outlook Mobile Access to work.
To create a secondary virtual directory for Exchange that is based on steps 1 through 7 of the following procedure, make sure that forms-based authentication is disabled for the Exchange virtual directory before you make the copy. After you follow these steps, both Outlook Mobile Access and Exchange ActiveSync connections use the new virtual directory that you create.ĭisable the forms-based authentication for the Exchange virtual directory Note These steps affect both Outlook Mobile Access connections and Exchange ActiveSync connections.
The registry changes should be made only on the server on which the mailboxes are located.Ĭreate a secondary virtual directory for Exchange that does not require SSL, and then add a registry value to point to the new virtual directory. The instructions below should be used only in an environment that has no Exchange Server 2003 front-end server. I followed the instructions below to get it to work.
But when the phone would try to connect it would give the error message “cannot get mail, the connection to the server failed”. The iPhone was configured with the proper settings for accessing Exchange mail. Outlook Web Access is configured with an SSL certificate and Form-based authentication is turned on.