Installing the Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Admin Tool on SBS

Copied from a post on the Official SBS Blog. Also works for the Microsoft Exchange Server Outlook Web Access (OWA) Administration Tool.

If you are trying to get familiar with the Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool on your Small Business Server computer to take advantage of the new Mobile Security Features that will be introduced in the Windows Mobile 5.0 Messaging & Security Feature Pack, you will need to follow the steps below to get the web interface functioning properly on your Small Business Server computer:

1. Download the Mobile Admin pack here.
2. Backup the metabase in IIS (right click the servername in IIS -> all tasks -> backup/restore -> create backup)
3. TEMPORARILY set the default website to “all unassigned” (if it is not already)
4. Run MobileAdmin.exe that you downloaded in step 1.
5. Reset IIS back to the way it was before step 3, if applicable
6. Open the properties for the ExAdmin virtual directory under the default website -> directory security -> Edit for Secure Communications and uncheck “Require SSL”
7. Restart the IIS Admin service
   

You should now be able to browse http://servername/mobileadmin and also select users to manage.