OWA HFED integration error with RSA SecurID Access
Originally Published: 2019-04-08
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Cloud Authentication Service
Issue
However users cannot login to OWA from the application portal: The following message is seen:
Unsuccessful logon
Cause
Workaround
- Login to the Administration Console and navigate to Applications > My Applications > Add an Application > Create From Template > Choose HTTP Federation Proxy
- Input a Name for your application and click Next Step.
- Select Connection Method as Manual and click Next Step.
- In the Connection Profile section enter:
- Logon Form URL: https:<your-OWA-server>/owa/authlogon.aspx
- Logon Form Action: https://<your-OWA-server>/owa/auth.owa
- Logon Form Fields and Input Value Types:
| Identifier | Name |
Purpose
| Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| isUtf8 | Use Form Value | ||
| passwordText | passwordText | Constant Value | |
| destination | Use Form Value | ||
| password | password | Password | |
| forcedownlevel | Use Form Value | ||
| flags | Use Form Value | ||
| username | username | Username |
- In Failure Detection enter Indicator: VISIBLE_TEXT, Criteria: Does Not Contain, and Value: <string OWA returns for successful login>. For German, for example, this string is "the Postfach wird geoffnet"
- Click Next Step.
- In the Proxy Settings create two Web Servers, as follows:
- Proxy Hostname: help-outlook-com.<your-protected-domain-name>, Real Hostname: help outlook.com, Rewrite Rules: Substitute "s|help.outlook.com|help-outlook-com.%DOMAIN_NAME%|qin"
- Proxy Hostname: owa-hfed.<your-protected-domain-name>, Real Hostname: <your-OWA-server>, Rewrite Rules: Substitute "s|help.outlook.com|help-outlook-com.%DOMAIN_NAME%|qin"
- Custom Headers: Check Verify Certificates checkbox and click Next Step
- Set the User Access and Portal Display sections as desired.
- Save and publish.
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