Webdav on/off

[Robert Zahm]

I just want to verify something: it is possible to host an exchange server
and not allow webdav to connect to it (via IIS) right? Here is my
situation:

We are looking into writing a webdav script to perform a nightly "push" of
contacts into each user's Exchange mailbox, so that these global contacts
will sync to their mobile devices (activesync only syncs the root contact
folder, which is the root of the problem). The exchange hoster swears up
and down that webdav is disabled, yet I have been able to perform webdav
operations such as creating contacts by running an ASP page on a local IIS
server.

So my real question is this: If they ever find out that webdav is indeed
enabled, can they shut off webdav access, or is there something I'm not
understanding about how webdav works? I'm confused because they claim that
it is disabled, yet it clearly works...

Thanks,

Rob

[Michael]

Probably WebDAV is disabled on IIS server. See article: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/WebDAV-IIS.html

You can still use WebDAV to access to Exchange server because WebDAV is enabled on "Exchange" virtual folder.
These two things are separate.

Michael
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[Robert Zahm]

Michael,

Thanks for your reply. Is it possible for them to turn off webdav on the
Exchange virtual directory and still have Exchange function normally? I
still need to be sure that they can't simply shut this off at some point.

Thanks,

Rob

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[Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello,

the Exchange Systems Manager internally uses WebDAV to perform some
operations (the exadmin virtual folder is used).... so no you cannot simply
turn it of. The only thing your webhoster can do is do disable the verbs (in
IIS 5 with the lockdown utility). But this would also break the Systems
Manager.

Greetings,
Henning Krause
MVP - Exchange
http://www.infinitec.de

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[Robert Zahm]

Henning,

Thank you very much! I wasn't sure we could go with the webdav solution
because I was afraid the provider might "turn it off," and their tech
support was clearly unaware that webdav could be used manually to update the
exchange mailboxes.

Thanks,

Rob

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