Webmail Changes

To prepare for Exchange 2010, I wanted to share some changes have been made to our existing webmail.

The first change is the https:\\ in the address bar. This is because webmail has been encrypted with SSL to ensure the integrity and security of your data as it crosses the internet. It is also mandatory to ensure that Exchange 2003 and 2010 can coexist.

The second and easily the most apparent change is the use of Form Based Authentication. Form Based Authentication is a fancy way of saying you need to log into a web page rather than to the prompt for user and password that we used before.

The new login screen looks like this:

 

The good news is that using the login page is pretty simple.

1. Type your user name in the first field (John Doe would use jdoe)
2. Type your password in the second field

 Optionally you can change the following:

1. Choose a Client (Premium is for Internet Explorer and has more features, Basic is for all other browsers)
2. Choose whether you are on a Public or Private Computer

Then you click the Log On button and it takes you to the regular webmail page.

Please feel free to contact the IT Department if you have any questions or problems.