How can you get Outlook 2003 to connect to SBS outside the office

My boss hates OWA so he wants me to install Outlook 2003 on his laptop and
have it connect to the SBS server when he is outside the office.. I just
dont know how to make his account point to the Exchange part of the server
from the web... Please Help

Court

 

Create a VPN connection for him.

Why does he hate OWA? Is it a preference thing with the UI or does he not
trust the security of the setup? Properly configured OWA is much faster and
smoother than a VPN connection.

 

Its a UI thing... he wants Outlook because it does what he wants....

Court

 

Court,

If he is using Windows XP with SP1 and a hotfix or SP3 and Outlook 2003 then
you should be able to use Outlook with RPC over HTTP.. To configure the
server for it.. Go to Start/Server Management/To Do List and click on the
link for Connect to the Internet to run the Configure E-mail and Internet
Connection Wizard (CEICW) and be sure to select the option to allow Outlook
over the Internet. Then from the users machine connect to
http://fqdn/remote (Remote Web WorkPlace) and click on the link to connect
Outlook over the Internet.. This should give you the step-by-step
instructions of how to setup Outlook 2003 to connect to Exchange using RPC
over HTTP.


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Hope that helps,
David Copeland
Microsoft Small Business Server Support

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You should configure the SBS 2003 server and Outlook 2003 client for RPC
over HTTP. This allows the Outlook client to connect to the Exchange server
over the internet without a VPN.

Server Configuration:

1. Re-run the Internet Connection Wizard and select "Outlook Via The
Internet" (aka
RPC over HTTP) in web components list as an option (modify Exchange setup).
The
CEICW can be found on the "To Do List" in the Server Management tool as
"Connect to
the Internet".

Client Configuration:
1. Login to the remote web workplace (http://server/remote or
http://www.domain.com/remote)

2. When the remote web workplace page comes up, on the right side of the
screen
is a small grey box "Additional Links". Click the link "Configure Outlook
via the Internet" and follow the instructions.


Chris Puckett, MCSE
Microsoft Small Business Server Support


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Without some sort of VPN connection this would not be
possible. His only other way to make this work would be
using your Exchange server as the POP# server but he will
have to use his ISP provider as the SMTP server to send
email.