iis/owa setting keeps going blank

[Paul Sperry]

We are running exchange but many people use the OWA (Outlook Web Access) to get their email. The OWA server is server 2003 IIS6.

In odrer for many things (including spell checker) to work properly the following must be set:

In IIS >> Default Web Site>>ExchWeb>>bin

Right click bin>>properties>>Directory
Security>>Authentication and access control click edit…
Add mydomain.com for the Default domain

Every now and then features in OWA quit working
I go and look at the above setting and the Default Domain is blank. Once I put mydomain.com back in the features work again.
Any Ideas on why the setting keeps getting lost. I am the only one with admin access on this server.

[James ~ Happy Dude · Accepted solution]

Hello Paul,
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E90FE777-4A21-4066-BD22-B931F7572E9A&displaylang=en
Let us know the results !

Regards.

[Sandeshp_1]

Hi Dude,

it will really help to sort out the IIS related issues (related pemission)

[Igor Karasik]

Hi,
I don't know why setting is not keeping, but you can try to customize Logon.asp:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=820378

[Rune J. Winje]

Hmm, maybe you should try defining the default domain in Exchange System Manager (ESM) instead?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903942


ESM settings -> MSExchangeSA every 15 min -> will overwrite equivalent IIS settings

This means if you can make a setting in ESM you should use ESM instead of IIS.


Cheers,
Rune

[Paul Sperry]

Happy. I'll install and run the tool today.
Sandeshp. Double checking permissions now
Igor. Were not useing Forms based authentication
but thanks for the good read.
Rune. I'll give that a try too.


I'll keep you posted on what worked.

Thanks