Exchange RPC Connection

ChemicalAfinity · 08-18-2009, 05:40 PM

hi there

i am having some issues with RPC on SBS 2003. i know that rpc is supposed to be installed with exchange i sbs2003 however whenever i try to connect a mail client via RPC it just says that the server is unavalible.

i followed a guide on the petri forums, and it seemed that RPC was installed however is just not letting me connect to it.

i have tested it on a vareity of machined, both internal, external, windows, mac on the domain and off the domain and every time i jsut get the connection to the server failed or the exchange server you requested cannot be found.

does anyone have any ideas how to overcome this issue??

thanks
murray

**2xgrump** · 08-18-2009, 07:10 PM

Where is your TS (terminal server) residing? in SBS 2003? are you trying to remote access this server from a client computer?

ChemicalAfinity · 08-18-2009, 09:57 PM

Terminal services resides on a different server however this shouldn't affect it as the two issues are separate, and terminal services uses different ports to exchange rpc

Thanks, Murray

ChemicalAfinity · 08-20-2009, 01:16 AM

does anyone have any ideas??

i was just looking through exchange and in exchange manager under servers our server is listed and it says RPC-HTTP not enabled.

when i go into the properties for the exchange server and the RPC-HTTP tab it will not let me make it a RPC-HTTP Front End Server as the radiobox is greyed out

does anyone have any more ideas??

Thanks
Murray

**bilbus** · 08-23-2009, 03:30 PM

Just so you know, the normal way you connect to exchange is considered "RPC" mapi.

rpc over http is not enabled by default ... you have to jump though hoops to get it setup on a single server. It really should only be done in a frontend/backend setup.

ChemicalAfinity · 08-23-2009, 11:25 PM

cheers bilbus
all of the tutorials i have read said that is was installed and ready to go with SBS, is that incorrect??

alternatively i am looking to use imap, although i beleive that that does not sync calendars and tasks etc.

the main reason i want it is because a few staff at one of my clients want to have a mobile device that has their email and calendars on a mobile device.

do you have any other suggestions of how i can do it??

**bilbus** · 08-23-2009, 11:32 PM

I could be wrong about SBS, i dont touch that.

Exchange is a waste of money, if your gonna use imap. You can enable rpc over http its a ton better.

How to do it on sbs, idk

**2xgrump** · 08-24-2009, 10:28 AM

Just a thought for you chemical afinity, we use Blackberry Server in our Exchange to have our Outlook sync to all our Blackberry phones, also we use SBS. We do have minor issue with BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) once in a while but it's not too bad to troubleshoot and resolve these issues. Again..just a thought.

ChemicalAfinity · 08-26-2009, 12:52 AM

hey, i did look into blackberry but i seems a long way around is, as we already have some smart phones and want to impliment some PDA's

am i correct in thinking that activesync is the the microsoft verson of the blackberry enterprise server??

many thanks

**2xgrump** · 08-26-2009, 10:47 AM

Yes, you are correct. I have some docs comparing RIM(Research in Motion or BES) vs Microsoft's Activesync.
If you already have PDA's just like you said I would go with the Activesync, note that this works well with Exchange 2007, it has a lot more added features. Pls. check it out and let me know. Pls. see attached file in pdf.

08-18-2009, 05:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
ChemicalAfinity Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 108 OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.5; Windows Server 2003	Exchange RPC Connection hi there i am having some issues with RPC on SBS 2003. i know that rpc is supposed to be installed with exchange i sbs2003 however whenever i try to connect a mail client via RPC it just says that the server is unavalible. i followed a guide on the petri forums, and it seemed that RPC was installed however is just not letting me connect to it. i have tested it on a vareity of machined, both internal, external, windows, mac on the domain and off the domain and every time i jsut get the connection to the server failed or the exchange server you requested cannot be found. does anyone have any ideas how to overcome this issue?? thanks murray

08-18-2009, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
2xgrump Mentor Networking Forums Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,108 OS: Vista-sp2/Win2003Server-R2/SBS2003/XP-sp3	Re: Exchange RPC Connection Where is your TS (terminal server) residing? in SBS 2003? are you trying to remote access this server from a client computer? __________________ Networking Forums "Peace" RD If TSF helped you pls. consider Donating. Thanks.

08-18-2009, 09:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
ChemicalAfinity Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 108 OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.5; Windows Server 2003	Re: Exchange RPC Connection Terminal services resides on a different server however this shouldn't affect it as the two issues are separate, and terminal services uses different ports to exchange rpc Thanks, Murray

08-20-2009, 01:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
ChemicalAfinity Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 108 OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.5; Windows Server 2003	Re: Exchange RPC Connection does anyone have any ideas?? i was just looking through exchange and in exchange manager under servers our server is listed and it says RPC-HTTP not enabled. when i go into the properties for the exchange server and the RPC-HTTP tab it will not let me make it a RPC-HTTP Front End Server as the radiobox is greyed out does anyone have any more ideas?? Thanks Murray

08-23-2009, 03:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 949 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: Exchange RPC Connection Just so you know, the normal way you connect to exchange is considered "RPC" mapi. rpc over http is not enabled by default ... you have to jump though hoops to get it setup on a single server. It really should only be done in a frontend/backend setup.

08-23-2009, 11:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
ChemicalAfinity Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 108 OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.5; Windows Server 2003	Re: Exchange RPC Connection cheers bilbus all of the tutorials i have read said that is was installed and ready to go with SBS, is that incorrect?? alternatively i am looking to use imap, although i beleive that that does not sync calendars and tasks etc. the main reason i want it is because a few staff at one of my clients want to have a mobile device that has their email and calendars on a mobile device. do you have any other suggestions of how i can do it??

08-23-2009, 11:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 949 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: Exchange RPC Connection I could be wrong about SBS, i dont touch that. Exchange is a waste of money, if your gonna use imap. You can enable rpc over http its a ton better. How to do it on sbs, idk

08-24-2009, 10:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
2xgrump Mentor Networking Forums Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,108 OS: Vista-sp2/Win2003Server-R2/SBS2003/XP-sp3	Re: Exchange RPC Connection Just a thought for you chemical afinity, we use Blackberry Server in our Exchange to have our Outlook sync to all our Blackberry phones, also we use SBS. We do have minor issue with BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) once in a while but it's not too bad to troubleshoot and resolve these issues. Again..just a thought. __________________ Networking Forums "Peace" RD If TSF helped you pls. consider Donating. Thanks.

08-26-2009, 12:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
ChemicalAfinity Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 108 OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.5; Windows Server 2003	Re: Exchange RPC Connection hey, i did look into blackberry but i seems a long way around is, as we already have some smart phones and want to impliment some PDA's am i correct in thinking that activesync is the the microsoft verson of the blackberry enterprise server?? many thanks