Exchange 2016: unable to connect to webmail (OWA) with ARR

Problem

You cannot connect to the Exchange webmail (owa) which is hosted behind a reverse proxy (ARR, WAP, WAF …).

The other services (Outlook / Telephone) work perfectly.

Context

You are in a high availability architecture (DAG) and a Reverse proxy – Load balancer is used.

The article discusses the use of IIS and ARR.

Solution

You must activate the “Client affinity” option to prevent the identification request from being “balanced” from one server to another.

Configuration on ARR:

Romain Drouche
System Architect | MCSE: Core Infrastructure
IT infrastructure expert with over 15 years of field experience. Currently a Systems and Networks Project Manager and Information Systems Security (ISS) expert, I use my expertise to ensure the reliability and security of technological environments.

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