please help me fix my EXCHANGE server

[chamelion]

hey guys,

am desperately trying to fix my home based exchange server. it's been running fine with 100% uptime since last december. about a week back i was twiddling with some settings in windows and completely destroyed it.

i lost my backup of the entier machine too (it's pretty much a dedicated box for exchange). hence did a rebuild.

however now i'm just not getting it to start up. symptoms:

- OWA (outlook web access) worked. both secure and insecure modes. works on my pc.
- does not work on my PDA - OWA works but no activesync
- disabled ssh and followed the instructions here (http://www.petri.co.il/problems_with_forms_based_authentication_and_ssl_i n_activesync.htm)
- the phone now gives error support code 85010004 "your account in microsoft exchange server does not have permission to synchronise with your current settings. contact your exchange server administrator."

kind of annoying!

- form based authentication is enabled
- basic authentication and integrated windows authentication are ON
- same error whether or not i require SSL.

any tips?

[ilogik]

I occasionally get the exact same error message when I sync with my company's exchange server, I have to do a soft reset on the phone and then it works fine. No idea how to fix it so bump :)

[simon_darley]

we had quite a few issues originally and think this is one of them i think.

Most revolved around having a recognised accessible dns address that allowed a direct link.

never got ssl to work.

the other issue was getting appropriate certificates that were private to be issued when creating the sync partnership.

can u sync internally using exchange server via a cradled activesync?

get this 2 work first, then look to external push.

I ended up paying it engineers to get it to work over an sbs 2003 box as it was all to much.

but dns addresses being made public, that were also accessible internally (reverse lookup i think) along with no ssl and certificates being correct were our main hurdles.

[chamelion]

issue fixed :) i'm all live! after all that effort i really feel i should open this up to those who don't want to spend days fixing it up...

check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=346022. currently looking for testers for 1-2 days before i make a subscription based service!