Configure MS Exchange Web Access to redirect from HTTP to HTTPS

IIS Manager

  • Open IIS (Internet Information Services) Manager Console
  • Select Default Web Site and double click on HTTP Redirect 
    • Check “Redirect requests to this destination” box and enter your OWA https address where you want to redirect to.
      i.e. https://webmail.company.com/owa
    • Select “Only redirect requests to content in this directory (not subdirectories)
    • In “Status Code” select “Found (302)
  • Open HTTP Redirect in each of following virtual directories and clear “Redirect requests to this destination” box
    • Autodiscover
    • Ecp
    • EWS
    • Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync
    • OAB
    • Owa
    • PowerShell
    • PowerShell-Proxy
    • Rpc

  • In Default Web Site double click on SSL Settings 
  • Clear the box next to Require SSL 
  • Open SSL Settings in each of following virtual directories and select “Redirect requests to this destination” box
    • Ecp
    • EWS
    • Exchange
    • Exchweb
    • Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync
    • OAB
    • Owa
    • Public
    • Rpc

Windows Server 2008R2
Microsoft Exchange 2010
IIS 7


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