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It is possible to change the service location by setting the AutodiscoverServiceInternalURI
parameter in the
Set-ClientAccessServer cmdlet:
Set-ClientAccessServer -identity CA100 -AutodiscoverServiceInternalURI
“https://ca100.exchangeexchange.com”
It is not necessary to set the Autodiscover InternalURL and ExternalURL with
Set-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory , because the Outlook client will not use
them to locate Autodiscover services.
Outlook then connects to the Autodiscover URL, which is on the CAS. Finally, the Autodiscover service
returns the addresses of the available services. These services include URLs for the Availability
Service, Exchange Web Service, Offline Address Book, and Unified Messaging.
In the case where Outlook fails to contact Active Directory, Outlook takes the user ’ s email address and
tries some hard - coded locations. The URL will be either
https:// < smtp domain address > /
Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
or https://autodiscover. < smtp address domain > /
Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
. The process from this point is the same as the internal scenario.
By default, the CAS is set up with Autodiscover as a virtual directory. To move the Autodiscover
virtual directory to another host, for example a web server that already hosts a public website,
start by removing the existing virtual directory on the CAS. This is ...