So, when an e-mail address is entered, the Outlook client will start trying to connect to the Client Access Server using HTTPS. The FQDN that the Outlook client will use is based on the SMTP address that is used when starting the Outlook 2010 client the first time. Because of this non-domain clients try to retrieve information using the Autodiscover website. Non-domain clients are a bit trickier to configure since they will not query the Active Directory. Using the information found in the SCP the Outlook client will contact the Client Access Server for its configuration information and the Outlook client will be configured automatically. Active Directory will return a list of SCP’s and the Outlook client will automatically select the first SCP in this list. When Outlook 2007 is installed on a domain joined workstation then the Outlook client will query Active Directory for the Autodiscover information. If you have multiple CAS Servers there will be multiple SCP’s as well. When installing the Client Access Server (Autodiscover is part of this Server Role) the SCP is automatically created in Active Directory and configured with the default values. You can view this SCP using Active Directory Sites and Services after you have enabled the “View Services Node” option:įigure 1 : The Service Connection Point of the Client Access Server in Active Directory In this article I will use Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010.Īutodiscover information is stored in a so called SCP or Service Connection Point. The Autodiscover process for Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007 is practically the same as for Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010. To make things more complex, the SSL certificates are involved here as well.
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When you have issues with the Out-of-Office or Free/Busy information in Outlook 2007 in combination with Exchange Server 2007 (or Outlook 2010 and Exchange Server 2010) it is likely that it is caused by a misconfiguration in the Autodiscover configuration. Autodiscover allows you to automatically configure Outlook 2007 clients, but, there is a lot more behind the Autodiscover functionality. When Microsoft released Exchange Server 2007, one of the new features it included was Autodiscover.
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If you would like to read the next part in this article series please go to Exchange Autodiscover (Part 2).