Remote Connectivity Analyzer
The Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer (RCA) was developed as a Web site that customers could use to test Outlook Anywhere connectivity. RPC over HTTP connections can be problematic to configure, and the site delivered real value in providing an external point that could “ping” a server to test the end-to-end connection from client to mailbox. Over time, Microsoft has enhanced the RCA site (https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/) to support connectivity tests for the following:
Exchange ActiveSync (including Autodiscover for mobile devices)
Outlook Anywhere (including Autodiscover for Outlook)
Exchange Web Services (for example, availability and out of office services)
Inbound and outbound SMTP (Figure 17-11)
Figure 17-11. The ...
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