Exchange 201 3 – Autodiscover - Overview

1. Exchange 2013 – Autodiscover - Overview Zbyněk Saloň Zbynek.salon@salonovi.cz +420606093747 http://ficility.net

2. Content • What is Autodiscover • How it works • How it works for client in domain • How it works for client outside domain and client using DNS • Autodiscover sequence

3. Autodiscover – what is autodiscover(1) • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124251(v=exchg.150).aspx • Client autoconfiguration service serving: • Outlook 2007, 2010, 2013 • Cell phones WP6.1 and others (see manual) • Provide clients with information about Exchange services end points • Primary SMTP mailbox is used while configuring Outlook profile

4. Autodiscover – what is autodiscover (2) • Easy Outlook profile reconfiguration (no manual work since Outlook 2007 anymore) • Administrator doesn’t have to make manual changes in case of changes in user´s profile

5. Autodiscover – Overview (1) • Outlook gets information about connection endpoint to user mailbox from Autodiscover service, which consist of mailbox GUID + @ + domain portion of primary SMTP address. • Autodiscover returns following information • Display name • Service endpoints to connect Exchange from outside and inside organization • Server name (Exchange 2010), GUID (Exchange 2013) where user mailbox is active • URLs to Exchange web services like (Free/Busy, EWS, OAB, UM) • Outlook Anywhere settings • Outlook is checking mailbox configuration differences periodically

6. Autodiscover – Overwiew (2) • Test:(Outlook icon -> CTRL + right click -> Test E-Mail AutoConfiguration -> enter primary SMTP address)

7. Autodiscover– Overview (3)

8. Autodiscover – How it works(1) • After CAS role installation new virtual directory for Autodiscover service is created under Default WEB Sitea and reply to client Autodiscover requests • When mailbox changes occur(mailbox move, user name change, and so on) • During periodical check • During reconnect within network changes in Exchange organization

9. Autodiscover – How it works from domain(2) • We expect client to be member of the domain accessing it from internal network (VPN or directly) • We expect access to AD • SCP (Service Connection Point) is created fo reach CAS server • SCP contains autoritative list of URLs per forest • To set SCP: Set-ClientAccessServer • All users from domain needs to have READ permission for SCP record. It is done automatically within SCP http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms677638(v=vs.85).aspx

10. Autodiscover – how it works from domain (3) • SCP setting example on CAS server

11. Autodiscover – how it works from domain(4) • SCP in AD

12. Autodiscover – how it works outside domain , DNS (1) • Access to Autodoscover via primary SMTP address • SRV record and A record pointing to autodiscover URL is needed for Outlook clients Pro Outlook

13. Autodiscover – how it works outside domain, DNS (2) • DNS settings • A record to IP of server providing Autodiscover service maily.salonovi.cz IN A 46.47.131.58 • SRV record on TCP and Autodiscover pointing ti A record from point above

14. Autodiscover – process of getting info • Client goes through the following records unless it gets first result. • Client in AD • Cheching SCP and if present, contact Autodiscover URL • Not in AD • Ověřujepostupnětytozáznamydokudjeden z nichneodpoví • https://domain.xx/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml • https://autodiscover.domain.xx/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml • http://autodiscover.domain.xx/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml • SRV record • FAILED

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