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HTTP Form Based Authentication with Microsoft Exchange 2003

March 20th, 2009 Jacob Dybala No comments

By default, Form Based Authentication requires SSL to be configured on your IIS but there is a way around it.

Here are the steps to configure FBA to work without SSL:

  1. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe)
  2. Navigate to the following registry key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb
  3. Under the OWA subkey, add a DWord value called AllowRetailHTTPAuth and set its value to 1 (it doesn’t matter if you have decimal or hexadecimal selected).
  4. Quit Registry Editorand restart IIS services.  You do not need to restart the whole server for this change, just IIS.