Thread: RPC over HTTP / Outlook Anywhere
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Old 24-09-2008, 01:13   #35
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Re: RPC over HTTP / Outlook Anywhere
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Originally Posted by Stuart C View Post
It's not outlook. Outlook anywhere is a web interface for Exchange which, according to Microsoft, does use RPC over port 80..
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...EXCHG.80).aspx


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You must allow only port 443 through your firewall, because Outlook requests use HTTP over SSL. If you already use Outlook Web Access with SSL or Exchange ActiveSync with SSL, you do not have to open any additional ports from the Internet.
Under benifits of using outlook Anywhere, Which is Connecting outlook via RPC over HTTP(s)

For a minute there I though't they'd launched something new as i've not seen it refered to as outlook anywhere before and From what I read it's just a different way of connecting outlook to an exchange server without the use of a VPN, Hosted exchange providers have been using it for a fair while Afaik.

I'll admit I don't really know much about the RPC over HTTP(s) other than I've used it to connect to a hosted exchange provider before.

(I Googled that page i took the quote from ) so it's quite possible it can use HTTP rather than HTTPS although unless your on a very trusted network I certinally wouldn't want to be doing it without some form of encryption.

Edit: Fixed Typo (and missed several)
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