What is Autodiscover certificate?

What is Autodiscover certificate?

The Autodiscover service minimizes user configuration and deployment steps by providing clients access to Exchange features. For Exchange Web Services (EWS) clients, Autodiscover is typically used to find the EWS endpoint URL.

Where is the Autodiscover certificate stored?

All the configuration information is stored in the “autodiscover. xml” file, and by default, its location is https://(exchange_server)/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml.

Do you need SSL for Autodiscover?

You need an IP address that IIS can listen to that will not respond to SSL. 2) A valid SSL certificate which is being used for delivering autodiscover already. So you would need https://[domain].tld/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml or https://autodiscover.[domain].tld/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml already working.

Is Autodiscover needed for Office 365?

External DNS records required for email in Office 365 (Exchange Online) Email in Office 365 requires several different records. The three primary records that all customers should use are the Autodiscover, MX, and SPF records.

How do I renew my Autodiscover certificate?

Use the EAC to renew an Exchange self-signed certificate Select the certificate that you want to renew, and then click Renew in the details pane. On the Renew Exchange certificate page that opens, verify the read-only list of Exchange services that the existing certificate is assigned to, and then click OK.

How do I check my Autodiscover record?

In order to do that, you have to follow those simple steps:

1. Turn MS Outlook, find its icon in the system tray and right-click it while holding ctrl key. From the context menu, choose “Test E-mail AutoConfiguration…”.
2. Here, you can enter user’s credentials of the e-mail account you want to check.

Does Office 365 require Autodiscover certificate?

Certificates are required for the following Microsoft 365 components: Exchange on-premises. Single sign-on (SSO) (for both the Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) federation servers and AD FS federation server proxies) Exchange Online services, such as Autodiscover, Outlook Anywhere, and Exchange Web Services.

Is Autodiscover still used?

The first implementation of Autodiscover was in Exchange 2007, but it is still used in Exchange 2019.

How do I replace my exchange certificate?

Open the EAC and navigate to Servers > Certificates. In the Select server list, select the Exchange server that holds the certificate that you want to renew. All valid certificates have a Renew link in the details pane that’s visible when you select the certificate from the list.

What is the use of Autodiscover in exchange?

Exchange creates a virtual directory named autodiscover under the default web site in Internet Information Services (IIS). Active Directory stores and provides authoritative URLs for domain-joined computers. Client Access services on Mailbox servers provide authentication and proxy services for internal and external client connections.

Can I change the SSL certificate associated with Autodiscover in IIS?

After noticing this, I checked IIS on both Hybrid Exchange Servers and noticed the old SSL cert was bound to the web services, changed this to the new cert, restarted the web services, also restarted the server. But yet no change to the certificate associated with autodiscover!

How do I configure Autodiscover to work with Outlook?

You need to set up a special DNS record for your domain name that points to the server providing Autodiscover services so that Exchange accounts function correctly in Outlook. For external access, or using DNS, the client locates the Autodiscover service on the Internet by using the primary SMTP domain address from the user’s email address.

What happens if I remove the Autodiscover record?

Removing the autodiscover.litwareinc.com A record means that clients will not be able to connect to this address. This is helpful as we now no longer need autodiscover.litwareinc.com as a name on our certificate and can use a single name certificate for Exchange to cut costs and simplify the namespace.