8.7. Enabling SSL for OWA
Problem
You want to enable the use of SSL on your OWA 2000 or OWA 2003 server.
Solution
Using a graphical user interface
Log in to your OWA server.
Open the IIS Manager snap-in from the Administrative Tools menu in the Start menu.
Expand the Web Sites object.
Right-click the Default Web Site object and choose Properties.
Click the Directory Security tab.
Click the Server Certificate button. The Web Server Certificate Wizard will appear; click Next. What you see next will depend on whether or not your server already has a certificate associated with OWA:
If you don't have a certificate, you'll see the Server Certificate page. You can request a new certificate or assign one that's already installed but not yet assigned for use with OWA. If you already have an SSL certificate installed for use with OWA, you can reuse it by selecting the Assign an existing certificate button. If you need to request a new certificate, click Create a new certificate, then refer to the instructions provided by your certificate authority; we won't cover the process here.
If you have an installed certificate that's already in use for OWA, you'll see the Modify the Current Certificate Assignment page (see Figure 8-2). On this page, you can renew the current certificate, remove it, or replace it with a different existing certificate.
In either case, choose the appropriate option and click Next. For the rest of this recipe, we'll assume that you've already obtained a certificate from your CA ...