Exchange msstd: setting in outlook connection for Outlook Anywhere

I currently have the Exchange Provider for EXPR set to $null, however I still seem to get msstd:mail.mydomain.com set in my Outlook connection string setting on all machines. Where is this setting coming from? We do push the Outlook Anywhere settings
via GPO and have the ProxyServer string defined set to mail.mydomain.com. The flags are set to ensure SSL is defined on the connection.
We are in the process of moving from Exchange 2007 to Echange 2013. Will it be a problem moving from a UCC cert with a friendly name of mail.mydomain.com to a wild card SSL cert on the 2013 servers with *.mydomain.com set, if the
"connect to proxy servers that have this principal name in their certificate is selected? I'm concerned that msstd:mail.mydomain.com does not match msstd:*.mydomain.com?
Thanks in advance

Hi,
We can run the following command to set with Ed’s suggestion:
Set-OutlookProvider -Identity EXPR -CertPrincipalName msstd:*.mydomain.com
Regards,
Winnie Liang
TechNet Community Support

Similar Messages

Setting up Mail Connection for Infotype Changes

Hello Experts
I would like to set up an email notification which will be sent from the SAP to non HR personnel as soon as a Hire action is completed in order for them to know that there was an employee hired and that they need to enter relevant data in other infotypes.
I found the option to setting up Mail Connection for Infotype Changes but is there a standard way to send a work item notification? maybe add a link to the PA40?
Tx
Maya

No help available out there? If you need it explained clearer just say so and I'll do so. Thanks in advance.

How do I set up my iPad for outlook files and folders

I want to see and use, on my iPad, the same files and folders I have in outlook on my PC. Also I want any changes I make on the PC or the iPad to sync with each other.
PC is running Windows 7,
Outlook version 2007, not the exchange version although I think I can get that by re-installing outlook and choosing that option.(I don't understand what exchange is but don't bother to explain it unless the solution requires using it)
I currently use Gmail for my email accounts server. They are set up as POP accounts with Outlook using a .PST data file. However, IMAP is available for Gmail. My brief past experience with IMAP and .OST data files was kind of a disaster so it isn't my 1st choice for this.
As I understand it using Outlook 365 with Microsoft's cloud and mobile app would solve my problem but I don't like clouds, 365 or IMAP (I may have to concede on some of those). If there is a way to do it through the Gmail accounts without any other cloud that would be ideal since they already have all my email and I won't be spreading my personal info to other companies.
I do have a Drop Box account but I currently only use it for some well vetted specific files that I share with specific individuals.
I do not have any computer or network drive that is always on and might serve as a private cloud. That could be changed but then i'm relying there being no ISP or power interruptions which, of course do occasionally happen.
Obviously I'm being rather picky here knowing that I'll probably have to live with some things less than ideal.
I will consider 3rd party apps if they seem to be part of the solution.
Thank you in advance for any person/s that want to help me on this.
hsvt

Thanks. I can change the forwarding settings in Gmail to be either POP or IMAP. That is quite simple. I just looked at those settings on the Gmail server and, to my surprise, both are enabled. In order for outlook client on my computer to receive IMAP emails I have to change the email account settings in my current outlook from POP to IMAP. I don't need to be using the Exchange version of Outlook to receive IMAP. I guess I'll do a little research tomorrow on Exchange so i can figure out what, if anything, it might do for me.
I glanced at the link you sent me and it looks like it might be very helpful - another project for tomorrow.
BTW: I hit "This Solved my Question" by accident. I meant only to "like' your response so you would get some benefit from the help you've given me so far. I hope I haven't discouraged others from taking a shot at helping me. I suspect there is more than one way to approach this and, as you know, my problem isn't really solved until I have what I need all set up and running smoothly.

Set a standard font for Outlook through group policy

Dear All,
We are using exchange 2010 and domain 2008 server in our company. For outlook we are using 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013. Now we are plans to set a standard font and default font size for sending and replaying through
outlook. We need to set this one through group policy.
Your support will be highly appreciated

Hi,
We can deploy default font for same version of Outlook, I haven’t found a way to change the font among different versions. The only way to achieve this is deploy font for each version of Outlook separately:
Set default font for Outlook 2003, please refer:
http://thommck.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/standardising-outlook-fonts-using-group-policy-preferences/
To set default font for other versions of Outlook, please refer to the steps below:
1. Set the font you want in one computer.
Outlook 2007: click Tools > Options > Mail Format > Stationary and Fonts.
Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013: File > Options > Mail > Stationary and Fonts.
2. Export the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\XX.0\Common\MailSettings
XX.0 is the version of your Office. 12.0 for Outlook 2007, 14.0 for Outlook 2010 and 15.0 for Outlook 2013.
3. Distribute the .reg file via Group Policy.
For more information, please refer to the following article and look at the “Changing Default Font for Outlook 2007” section:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2009/04/24/how-to-deploy-specific-fonts-in-office-2007.aspx
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support

How do I set miminum # of connections for pool with Oracle and Tomcat?

Hi,
I can't seem to find any attribute to initialize the number of connections for my connection pool. Here is my current context.xml file under my /App1 directory:
<Context path="/App1" docBase="App1"
debug="5" reloadable="true" crossContext="true">
<Resource name="App1ConnectionPool" auth="Container"
type="oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource"
driverClassName="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"
factory="oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSourceFactory"
url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:1521:oddjob"
user="app1" password="app1" />
</Context>
I've been googling and reading forums, but haven't found a way to establish the minimum number of connections. I've tried all sorts of parameters like InitialLimit, MinLimit, MinActive, etc, with no success.
Here is some sample code that I am testing:
package web;
import oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource;
import oracle.jdbc.OracleConnection;
import javax.naming.*;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.Properties;
public class ConnectionPool {
String message = "Not Connected";
public void init() {
OracleConnection conn = null;
ResultSet rst = null;
Statement stmt = null;
try {
Context initContext = new InitialContext();
Context envContext = (Context) initContext.lookup("java:/comp/env");
OracleDataSource ds = (OracleDataSource) envContext.lookup("App1ConnectionPool");
message = "Here.";
     String user = ds.getUser();
if (envContext == null)
throw new Exception("Error: No Context");
if (ds == null)
throw new Exception("Error: No DataSource");
if (ds != null) {
message = "Trying to connect...";
conn = (OracleConnection) ds.getConnection();
Properties prop = new Properties();
prop.put("PROXY_USER_NAME", "adavey/xxx");
if (conn != null) {
message = "Got Connection " + conn.toString() + ", ";
          conn.openProxySession(OracleConnection.PROXYTYPE_USER_NAME,prop);
stmt = conn.createStatement();
rst = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT username, server from v$session where username is not null");
while (rst.next()) {
message = "DS User: " + user + "; DB User: " + rst.getString(1) + "; Server: " + rst.getString(2);
rst.close();
rst = null;
stmt.close();
stmt = null;
conn.close(); // Return to connection pool
conn = null; // Make sure we don't close it twice
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
// Always make sure result sets and statements are closed,
// and the connection is returned to the pool
if (rst != null) {
try {
rst.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
rst = null;
if (stmt != null) {
try {
stmt.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
stmt = null;
if (conn != null) {
try {
conn.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
conn = null;
public String getMessage() {
return message;
I'm using a utility to repeatedly call a JSP page that uses this class and displays the message variable. This utility allows me to specify the number of concurrent web requests and an overall number of requests to try. While that is running, I look at V$SESSION in Oracle and occassionaly, I will see a brief entry for app1 or adavey depending on the timing of my query and how far along the code has processed in this example. So it seems that I am only using one connection at a time and not a true connection pool.
Is it possible that I need to use the oci driver instead of the thin driver? I've looked at the javadoc for oci and the OCIConnectionPool has a setPoolConfig method to set initial, min and max connections. However, it appears that this can only be set via Java code and not as a parameter in my context.xml resource file. If I have to set it each time I get a database connection, it seems like it sort of defeats the purpose of having Tomcat maintain the connection pool for me and that I need to implement my own connection pool. I'm a newbie to this technology so I really don't want to go this route.
Any advice on setting up a proper connection pool that works with Tomcat and Oracle proxy sessions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Alan

Well I did some more experiments and I am able to at least create a connection pool within my example code:
package web;
import oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource;
import oracle.jdbc.OracleConnection;
import javax.naming.*;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.Properties;
public class ConnectionPool {
String message = "Not Connected";
public void init() {
OracleConnection conn = null;
ResultSet rst = null;
Statement stmt = null;
try {
Context initContext = new InitialContext();
Context envContext = (Context) initContext.lookup("java:/comp/env");
OracleDataSource ds = (OracleDataSource) envContext.lookup("App1ConnectionPool");
message = "Here.";
     String user = ds.getUser();
if (envContext == null)
throw new Exception("Error: No Context");
if (ds == null)
throw new Exception("Error: No DataSource");
if (ds != null) {
message = "Trying to connect...";
boolean cache_enabled = ds.getConnectionCachingEnabled();
if (!cache_enabled){
ds.setConnectionCachingEnabled(true);
Properties cacheProps = new Properties();
cacheProps.put("InitialLimit","5");
     cacheProps.put("MinLimit","5");
cacheProps.put("MaxLimit","10");
ds.setConnectionCacheProperties(cacheProps);
          conn = (OracleConnection) ds.getConnection();
Properties prop = new Properties();
prop.put("PROXY_USER_NAME", "adavey/xyz");
if (conn != null) {
message = "Got Connection " + conn.toString() + ", ";
          conn.openProxySession(OracleConnection.PROXYTYPE_USER_NAME,prop);
stmt = conn.createStatement();
//rst = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT 'Success obtaining connection' FROM DUAL");
rst = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT user, SYS_CONTEXT ('USERENV', 'SESSION_USER') from dual");
while (rst.next()) {
message = "DS User: " + user + "; DB User: " + rst.getString(1) + "; sys_context: " + rst.getString(2);
message += "; Was cache enabled?: " + cache_enabled;
rst.close();
rst = null;
stmt.close();
stmt = null;
conn.close(OracleConnection.PROXY_SESSION); // Return to connection pool
conn = null; // Make sure we don't close it twice
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
// Always make sure result sets and statements are closed,
// and the connection is returned to the pool
if (rst != null) {
try {
rst.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
rst = null;
if (stmt != null) {
try {
stmt.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
stmt = null;
if (conn != null) {
try {
conn.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
conn = null;
public String getMessage() {
return message;
In my context.xml file, I tried to specify the same Connection Cache Properties as attributes, but no luck:
<Context path="/App1" docBase="App1"
debug="5" reloadable="true" crossContext="true">
<Resource name="App1ConnectionPool" auth="Container"
type="oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource"
driverClassName="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver"
factory="oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSourceFactory"
url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:1521:oddjob"
user="app1" password="app1"
ConnectionCachingEnabled="1" MinLimit="5" MaxLimit="20"/>
</Context>
These attributes seemed to have no effect:
ConnectionCachingEnabled="1" ; also tried "true"
MinLimit="5"
MaxLimit="20"
So basically if I could find some way to get these attributes set within the context.xml file instead of my code, I would be a happy developer :-)
Oh well, it's almost Miller time here on the east coast. Maybe a few beers will help me find the solution I'm looking for.

Setting up default connection for accessing emails...

I had a quick look and found similar problems on here, but none that I thought were the same.
I've been able to set up Gmail to be received through my 'Messaging' on my N96. Turns out its quite a handy function. Also figured out that you can get it to automatically check you mail at regular intervals. I want to use this, but I don't want to have to select the connection every time the phone wants to check for new mail. So I need to set up a preferred connection. That's no problem...
The problem occurs when I try to select my WLAN as default. However, every time I select it, the phone freezes up. Not completely, as I can change programs and even exit the messaging settings via the hang up key, but if I do that, it doesn't make any changes.
I have deleted and restored the WLAN connection, I have accessed my inbox manually, so it isn't a problem on Google's end, and I have checked the various connection options to no avail.
So, does anyone know why it my phone would freeze when trying to set up my WLAN connection as the default connection for accessing my e-mails? Any questions about my situation, just ask and I will gladly supply whatever you ask for.
Regards,
Jarvis
Message Edited by jarvis187 on 15-Jan-2009 01:24 AM

No help available out there? If you need it explained clearer just say so and I'll do so. Thanks in advance.

How to set min & max connections for MSSQLconnection pool

Hi,
I want to set minconnection, maxconnection, idletimeout initial limit for the pool
I have got a MSSQL database connection using following java code.
// MSSQL DbConnection Code
import java.sql.*;
public class MsSqlDataSource
public static void main(String arr[])
Connection con = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
try{
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDataSource ds = new com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDataSource();
ds.setServerName("10.50.50.51");
ds.setPortNumber(1711);
ds.setDatabaseName("test");
ds.setUser("starhome");
ds.setPassword("starhome");
con = ds.getConnection();
}catch(Exception e){}
}In oracle i have passed min and max number of connection properties through setConnectionCacheProperties method.
//Connection Pooling using Oracle Data Source:
m_connSource = new OracleDataSource();
m_connSource.setDriverType("thin");
m_connSource.setServerName(m_host);
m_connSource.setNetworkProtocol("tcp");
m_connSource.setDatabaseName(m_db);
m_connSource.setPortNumber(m_port);
m_connSource.setUser(m_user);
m_connSource.setPassword(m_password);
// Enable caching. m_connSource.setConnectionCachingEnabled(true);
java.util.Properties prop = new java.util.Properties();
prop.setProperty("MinLimit", m_minConnections);
prop.setProperty("MaxLimit", m_maxConnections);
prop.setProperty("InitialLimit", m_initialConnections);
prop.setProperty("InactivityTimeout", m_inactivityTimeout);
prop.setProperty("AbandonedConnectionTimeout", m_abandonedTimeout);
prop.setProperty("ConnectionWaitTimeout", m_connWaitTimeout);
m_connSource.setConnectionCacheProperties(prop);I dont know how to pass min and max number of connection properties for SQLServerDataSource. Is there any method available to pass min and max number of connection properties for SQLServerDataSource.
Iam using Tomcat. I found one way to set min and max connections for pool by doing changes in context.xml and web.xml using below url http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-4.1-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html
I dont want to touch tomcat configuration files. I need to set connection pooling properties which is independent of application server.
Please anybody give solution for this?
Thanks,
Prisha

Hi,
you need to define your database under the DB Admin tab. In the Schema objects node you'll find Sequence Implementations, and there you can definde min max values as well as caching and increments.
Gerald

Can't set up wireless connection for HP C4385 All-In-One with Windows 7.

Hi guys,
I just got a new laptop with Windows 7 64 bit. I already had an HP C4385 All-In-One that I was using with my last computer. I have also just set up a new wireless network because I got a new cable provider. So basically I needed to do everything from the beginning.
When I inserted the setup CD and ran the setup program, it said I couldn't continue because my OS was not supported. I went to the HP website and found the solution, which was to plug the printer in via USB and let Windows Update find the latest driver. Ok, that's fine, the printer works now when the USB cord is plugged in.
To set up the wireless connection, the instruction manual says I need to do it through the network setup wizard p on the CD. But that brings me back to my original problem-- the setup CD won't work because it doesn't recognise Windows 7.
So my question is-- how can I update the network settings (SSID and key) on the printer without the network setup wizard?
Thanks for any help, this is really driving me crazy!

Download from hp.com here.
Say thanks by clicking "Kudos" "thumbs up" in the post that helped you.
I am employed by HP

Setting up http connection for ADS in sm59

I have a problem setting up the http connection.
I created ADSUser and ADScallers role, but when i click on test connection in sm59, first i get a popup window: response from web server contains cookies. Accept?
I didn't get this window before, this looks strange.
I have to click twice on yes, to proceed, which is also weird.
Then i get an enter logon data window:
enter your user name and ID
Resource: WS Navigator
Username:
Password:
I tried the ADSUser username/pwd here, but it did not work
Which username/pwd should i use and how can i set those?
This already worked once before, and this is the simplest thing, I don't know why it doesn't work anymore.
If this would work, then i coud try FP_PDF_TEST_00 report, and then go on with configuring ADS.
Can anyone help please?

There are many ways.
The easiest would be over the useradmin:
http://<your_javaserver>:5xx00/useradmin
Murat

Only one Outlook Addin for Outlook 2003 after iTunes update

I installed the latest iTunes update on my Parallels/WinXP Pro side of my MacBook Pro. The iTunes version is now 7.3.26.
Now I notice that there is only one Addin named "iTunes Outlook Addin", where before the update there were 2 addins.
Outlook doesn't crash now and the syching seems to be working fine in both directions.
Did the update do away with one of the Outlook Addins installed by iTunes?
Bud James

Did the update do away with one of the Outlook Addins installed by iTunes?
Yes.

Where I can get Outlook Connector for Outlook 2002 (Outlook xp)?

I have downloaded latest Outlook Connector deployment pack (version 6 update 2), but it shos, it supports only Outlook 2003 and 2007.
How can I get it working on Outlook 2002 (OUtlook XP)?

Arnis_Juraga wrote:
I have downloaded latest Outlook Connector deployment pack (version 6 update 2), but it shos, it supports only Outlook 2003 and 2007.
How can I get it working on Outlook 2002 (OUtlook XP)?You need to upgrade your Outlook installation to either 2003/2007.
Regards,
Shane.

Trying to set up wireless connection for deskjet 7580

I have used HP Wizards to uninstall and reinstall printer software. Then I used a Wizard to help with wireless setup, but at this point, the Wizard is telling me to use the Setup buttons on the front of my printer. However, the option I'm given on my Setup screen on the printer are not the options that the Wizard thinks I have. So now I'm stuck. The printer worked fine as a wired printer to my PC, but I've never been able to network it.
I have a Dell desktop with Windows 7.
Any ideas?
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Hello and thank you for your update!
I understand your printer is currently connected USB, and you have no room to hook up a Ethernet cord directly to your router.
Unfortunately, the printer you currently own, to achieve wireless capabilities, you have to hook up a Ethernet cable to your router. If you look directly on your printer, in the Setup Menu, usually newer models can connect directly to their router (without a Ethernet cable) by accessing the Wireless Setup Wizard. If you had the Wireless setup Wizard on your printer, you could type in your WPA password and the Network Name from your router.
Also, even the full feature software will ask you to connect your Ethernet cable to achieve wireless.
I will provide an HP document on Installing the Printer Software on a Wired (Ethernet) Network.
If you have any further questions please let me know.
I worked on behalf of HP.

I can't create an email account in Outlook 2013 for my exchange server

Have tried many things on this issue.
I have a new tablet PC running Windows 8. I am able to connect to my Exchange Server account using Windows 8 Mail, no problem but when I have tried to set up an account for Outlook 2013 to connect to the same Exchange Server using exactly the same login
information I cannot get it to connect. I simply get the message that the Exchange Server is unavailable.
I've been able to connect a variety of other devices to the same Exchange Server account without any problem - iPhones, Windows Phone, iPads, etc, etc all without problem. It's just this device and Outlook 2013 seems to be the issue. From checking various
forums seems this is not an isolated issue but I've not been able to find a useful solution so far. Have deleted the user profiles and .ost files, switched off caching etc, all to no avail.
One key difference between the account information required by Windows Mail and Outlook is that in the Windows Mail system I am prompted to enter my domain information. I know this is critical from the information provided to me by our network administration
team but there is nowhere in the Outlook account setup process where I can enter my domain info.
Closest I've been able to get to success is to use the manual account creation process and select the Exchange ActiveSync option - this gets me to the point where I'm prompted for my username and password info but it fails at this step because I am connected
to a local domain (the domain account for the PC) and my user name and password are not accepted. There is nowhere in this login process that I can find where I can enter the correct domain info.
Any ideas on a solution would be very much appreciated - I use Outlook extensively in my work and whilst the Windows 8 Mail system is good, it doesn't have the level of functionality I need.
Many thanks
Wayne.

Have managed to solve this with your help Martina regarding using the domain\username combination.
Here's the solution in detail in case anyone else is having similar problems.
From control panels - select the User Accounts and Family Safety item, then the Mail (Microsoft Outlook 2013) item and then the Email Accounts option.
Select the Email tab and click 'New... button to create a new email account
Choose the standard Email account option in the following form. (Not the 'Manual' option'
Enter your Exchange account details - no alterations necessary here. just your standard details.
As the account verification proceeds you are prompted to again enter your username and password details. In this form, instead of using the top option with your username already populated, click the lower 'Other user' option and enter your domain\username
details. This changes the domain. Enter your password as usual.
I was prompted to do this twice - same each time. Enter domain\username in the username field and usual password
Account is then created.
Open Outlook to complete the process and synchronise data with Exchange.
Hope this is helpful to others - again, many thanks for your assistance Martina.
Wayne.

Microsoft Test Agent appears to be blocking Outlook connectivity to Exchange

Core Problem
The problem I am having is that connectivity to Exchange from Outlook is blocked while executing an integration test through the Microsoft Test Agent (i.e. Outlook
is in the disconnected state). The test is launched through Microsoft Test Manager.
Below is the code for the integration test I am having problems with and I simplified the code as much as possible to rule out code within the integration test
causing the problem. I also eliminated all other tests from running.
[TestMethod]
public void LaunchOutlook()
Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Outlook.exe"));
Thread.Sleep(120000);
I can change how long Outlook is blocked by changing the Thread.Sleep timeout. While the test is running, I can restart Outlook and Outlook is still blocked.
After the test ends while Outlook is still running, connectivity to Exchange is restored. This happens for Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013. If I run the integration test within a console app, Outlook connectivity is not blocked. If I run the test code manually
through MSTest.exe, Outlook connectivity is not blocked. The only way it’s blocked is if the integration test is executed by the Microsoft Test Agent which is the required approach for integration testing.
More details on the problem
Outlook is running on a machine that is part of a Hyper-V Lab with network isolation enabled. There are other machines within the same lab that have Outlook
instances pointed against the same Exchange server. Executing the test on one machine causes Outlook connectivity issues with other machines within the same lab where the Outlook instances are pointed at the same Exchange server.
I have small Hyper-V lab with network isolation enabled which is very similar to the lab mentioned above. The major difference is that it only has one machine
with Outlook installed. This Outlook is able to connect to Exchange while executing the test above through Microsoft Test Manager. It is very clear that this is an environmental issue since it works in one lab and not the other. Both labs have the same Exchange
server installed, and the same Microsoft Test Agent installed on all machines within the lab.
I have ruled out the Outlook version as being the issue since the larger lab contains the same Outlook version as the Outlook version in the smaller lab.
During test run
Notice that Outlook is in the disconnected state.
After test run.
Notice that Outlook is not connected to Exchange.
Environment Information
Outlook 2010 Version: (14.0.7113.5000) SP2 (14.0.1740.5002) 64-bit or 32-bit Outlook 2013 Version: (15.0.4667.1000) MSO (15.0.4675.1002) 64-bit or 32-bit Windows
7 Version: 6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)
Exchange 2013 Version: 15.0 ‎(Build 847.32)‎ Windows Server 2008 R2 Version: 6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1) Microsoft Test Manager 2013 Version: 12.0.31101.0
TFS 2013 Update 4 Version: 12.0.31101.0 Microsoft Test Agent Version: 12.0.31101.0 Update 4
Troubleshooting Steps
I launched procmon and looked for failed TCP and UDP operations for indication of network failures and found none.
I turned on enable troubleshooting logging in Outlook and nothing within the logs looks obvious.
Pinging the Exchange server while the test is running still works.
I ran the integration test through the command line using MSTest.exe and outlook connectivity is not blocked.
Requesting Help
Can you please help me troubleshoot this problem? I see two approaches to identifying the problem.
Looking for differences between the two environments
Obtaining logs or other information that would expose the core problem.
I am open to suggestions or ideas especially if you have a different approach to solving the problem. Feel free to ask for other information related to the problem
like logs, PowerShell commands, and registry values.
If you are short on time, can you at least post some suggestions or ideas related to resolving this problem?
Thanks, Keith

After installing fiddler I figured out what the problem was. The Microsoft Test Agent was activating a proxy server which was blocking connectivity to exchange. The proxy server was activated due to having the ASP.Net Client Proxy for IntelliTrace and Test
Impact turned on.
Below is a link to the article with the exact same problem.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/ecc0b342-8e4d-436c-90c2-5f11bce1e9d8/proxy-server-settings-being-set-automatically-which-is-causing-me-not-to-be-able-to-run-manual-test?forum=vsmantest

Apps for Outlook on Exchange 2013 only work in Safari on Mac OS X (not anywhere else)

With Exchange 2013 SP1, a few "Apps for Outlook" are installed by default. I have not been able to get any of them to actually work... UNLESS I log into OWA from Apple's Safari web browser on Mac OS X. Safari on Windows loads the "lite"
Outlook Web App which doesn't load "Apps for Outlook" at all.
OWA on Internet Explorer 11 lists the apps within the emails, but they don't work (see screenshot). The full Outlook 2013 desktop program lists the apps as well, but again they don't work at all.
Am I missing some sort of configuration on Exchange 2013 that gets these to work on Microsoft's web browser and email client products? It's kind of strange that they work on Apple's products so easily. I've tried Chrome and Firefox on Windows
as well, but those don't work either.

Ah, okay. From the Exchange Management Shell, I did "Get-ECPVirtualDirectory | FL"
AdminEnabled                    : True
OwaOptionsEnabled               : True
Name                            : ecp (Default Web Site)
InternalAuthenticationMethods   : {Basic, Fba}
BasicAuthentication             : True
WindowsAuthentication           : False
DigestAuthentication            : False
FormsAuthentication             : True
LiveIdAuthentication            : False
AdfsAuthentication              : False
OAuthAuthentication             : False
DefaultDomain                   :
GzipLevel                       : Low
WebSite                         : Default Web Site
DisplayName                     : ecp
Path                            : C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\FrontEnd\HttpProxy\ecp
ExtendedProtectionTokenChecking : None
ExtendedProtectionFlags         : {}
ExtendedProtectionSPNList       : {}
AdminDisplayVersion             : Version 15.0 (Build 847.32)
ExternalAuthenticationMethods   : {Fba}
AdminDisplayName                :
ExchangeVersion                 : 0.10 (14.0.100.0)
All seems to be configured as you say. I didn't change anything, but realized the ExternalURL was pointing to DOMAIN.com/ecp which had a DNS issue, where-as
www.DOMAIN.com and mail.DOMAIN.com were all working. So,
www.DOMAIN.com/owa was working fine on everything (except the Outlook Apps on Windows PCs), but DOMAIN.com/owa was not. Now that DOMAIN.com/owa is working correctly, it seems that Outlook Apps are working correctly
too. I guess even though we are accessing everything via
www.DOMAIN.com or mail.DOMAIN.com, the Outlook/Exchange Apps are still accessing stuff via
http://DOMAIN.com instead (unless the client is using Mac OS X Safari). That sounds like that should be a bug in the way the Outlook Apps are loaded, no?

Exchange msstd: setting in outlook connection for Outlook Anywhere

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for