Remove http redirect for exchange virtual directories, public, exchange, exadmin and exchweb error
When accidentally set a http redirect for your OWA on your Exchange 2007 / 2010 and SBS 2008 via IIS7 and inherited to all virtual sub directories and then try to remove it for the virtual directories public, exchange, exadmin and exchweb you get an error like this one:
HTTP Redirect:
There was an error while performing this operation.
Details:
Filename: \\?BackOfficeStorage\yourdomain.extension\Public Folders\web.config
Error: Cannot write configuration file
Solution: This error is generated because these virtual directories don’t have a physical path.
You can solve this issue by opening a command prompt window. Change directory to Windows\system32\Inetsrv. Then run this command: appcmd set config “
More information about this topic and setting http redirect for owa can be found here: Simplify the Outlook Web App URL
Tags: exchange 2007, exchange 2010, owa, sbs 2008
