Transcript Exchange 2010 cloud

Exchange 2013 – Autodiscover Overview
Zbyněk Saloň
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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
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
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
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
Autodiscover – Overwiew (2)
 Test:(Outlook icon -> CTRL + right click -> Test E-Mail
AutoConfiguration -> enter primary SMTP address)
Autodiscover – Overview (3)
Autodiscover – How it works(1)
 After CAS role installation new virtual directory for
Autodiscover service is created under Default WEB
Site a 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
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/enus/library/ms677638(v=vs.85).aspx
Autodiscover – how it works from
domain (3)
 SCP setting example on CAS server
Autodiscover – how it works from
domain(4)
 SCP in AD
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
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
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
 Ověřuje postupně tyto záznamy dokud jeden z nich
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neodpoví
https://domain.xx/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
https://autodiscover.domain.xx/autodiscover/autodiscove
r.xml
http://autodiscover.domain.xx/autodiscover/autodiscove
r.xml
SRV record
FAILED
Questions?
Thanks for attention