Hi,
I am having difficulty to configure exchange 2003 (on a SBS server) for Activesync. My requirement is to synchronise exchange emails and contact with iphones.
I installed godaddy certificate in the IIS default website and OWA works fine.
I also followed MS article ID 817379.
When I tried to sync iphone, it says user authentication failed. I tested it with Exchange Remote Connectivity analyzer and got following result.
Testing Exchange ActiveSync
Exchange ActiveSync test Failed
Test Steps
Attempting to resolve the host name mail.cygresearch.com in DNS.
Host successfully resolved
Additional Details
IP(s) returned: 24.215.43.226
Testing TCP Port 443 on host mail.cygresearch.com to ensure it is listening and open.
The port was opened successfully.
Testing SSL Certificate for validity.
The certificate passed all validation requirements.
Test Steps
Validating certificate name
Successfully validated the certificate name
Additional Details
Found hostname mail.cygresearch.com in Certificate Subject Common name
Validating certificate trust for Windows Mobile Devices
The test passed with some warnings encountered. Please expand additional details.
Additional Details
Certificate is only trusted on Windows Mobile 6.0 and later. Windows Mobile 5.0 and 5.0 + MSFP devices will not be able to sync. Root = OU=Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority, O=”The Go Daddy Group, Inc.”, C=US
Testing certificate date to ensure validity
Date Validation passed. The certificate is not expired.
Additional Details
Certificate is valid: NotBefore = 10/26/2009 1:00:08 PM, NotAfter = 10/26/2012 1:00:08 PM”
Testing Http Authentication Methods for URL https://mail.cygresearch.com/Microso…er-Activesync/
Http Authentication Test failed
Additional Details
An HTTP 403 forbidden response was received. The response appears to have come from IIS6. Body is:
The Web server you are attempting to reach has a list of IP addresses that are not allowed to access the Web site, and the IP address of your browsing computer is on this list.
Please try the following:
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