Error using ColdFusion cfexchangeconnection to connect to Exchange server

Question

I am getting an error when trying to connect to an Exchange server using the cfexchangeconnection tag. First some code:

<cfexchangeconnection action="open" 
    server="****"   
    username="****" 
    password="****"
    connection="myEX" 
    protocol="https"
    port="443">

I know its the right server because it fails when not processing via https. I have tried:

• Following all the instructions here http://help.adobe.com/en%5FUS/ColdFusion/9.0/Developing/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbec14f31-7fed.html
• Prefixing username with a domain name, adding @domain name, etc and no luck.

The error I get is:

**Access to the Exchange server denied.**

Ensure that the user name and password are correct.

Any ideas

Answer 1

Here's an idea - this is what I needed to do to make my cfexchange connection work. Not entirely sure if it's the same problem. I think I had a 440 error, rather than your 401 error.

I'm using:

• https
• webdav
• forms based auth
• Exchange 2007
• Coldfusion 8
• Windows 2003 servers

Here's the connection string that worked for me. What was keeping my connection from working was the need for the formBasedAuthenticationURL. This is a poorly documented attribute by both Adobe and Microsoft.

<cfexchangeconnection action="open"
 username="first.last"
 password="mypassword"
 mailboxname="myAcctName"
 server="my.mail.server"
 protocol="https"
 connection="sample"
 formBasedAuthentication="true"
 formBasedAuthenticationURL="https://my.mail.server/owa/auth/owaauth.dll"&gt;

    <cfexchangecalendar action="get" name="mycal" connection="sample">
        <cfexchangefilter name="startTime" from="#theDate#" to="#theEndDate#">
    </cfexchangecalendar>

<cfexchangeConnection action="close" connection="sample">

Additional notes:

• IIS and WebDAV are enabled on the target Exchange server.
• The username and password you're using has the appropriate permissions for a WebDAV connection. (I'm not the Exchange admin, so I'm not sure what they are, but I think the account needs to be allowed to connect to OWA. - Please correct me if I am wrong.)

Optional: (don't use if you don't have to)

• IF HTTPS is required, use the appropriate argument.
• IF Forms Based Authentication is on in Exchange 2007 (as was my case), you'll have to work around it using the formBasedAuthenticationURL argument.

Not sure if that's it, but I hope it is!

Answer 2

@ Dan - your connection string is what I needed going from Exchange 2003 to 2007.

After I installed the new SSL I was getting 440... I was able to CFHTTP to to the server using https, but wasn't able to authenticate until I specified "DOMAIN\userid" in username and "userid" in mailboxname.

Thanks for this post! I'd vote you up but I don't have enough points. I honestly just joined to post this comment and give you props for saving me (what was sure to be) hours of trouble shooting!

• Phive.