Outlook Web Access did not initialize.
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:38 amWhen I set the owa system to forms based authentication now the Web Browser access fails after the login has been entered.
Solution is to disable Forms Authentication
Start IIS Administrator
click on OWA
Under IIS on the right panel
Click on Authentication
Right Click on Forms Authentication
and Select Disable
Now run a Command Prompt as an Administrator and type
iisreset /noforce
This was the error from the Web Browser
https://www.xxx.xom.au/owa
Outlook Web Access did not initialize. An event has been logged so that the system administrator can resolve the issue. Please contact technical support for your organization.
This was the Event Log Error
Solution is to disable Forms Authentication
Start IIS Administrator
click on OWA
Under IIS on the right panel
Click on Authentication
Right Click on Forms Authentication
and Select Disable
Now run a Command Prompt as an Administrator and type
iisreset /noforce
This was the error from the Web Browser
https://www.xxx.xom.au/owa
Outlook Web Access did not initialize. An event has been logged so that the system administrator can resolve the issue. Please contact technical support for your organization.
This was the Event Log Error
</Event>Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchange OWA
Date: 6/05/2010 9:36:32 AM
Event ID: 29
Task Category: Configuration
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER-CELLCON8.cellcon2.local
Description:
There is an error in your Outlook Web Access configuration.
The authentication type specified in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\owa\Web.config file is incorrect. The correct authentication type is "Windows".
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="MSExchange OWA" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">29</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>3</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-05-05T23:36:32.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>5978</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>SERVER-CELLCON8.cellcon2.local</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\owa\</Data>
</EventData>