Configure Basic Authentication for Outlook on the Web

Basic Authentication will be enabled for Outlook on the Web.

Procedure-related prerequisites

  • You need to run the commands with administrative permissions. Open the Exchange Management Shell via Run as administrator.

Instruction

  1. Run the following commands:
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# List all OWA virtual directories.
Get-OwaVirtualDirectory

# Find out whether Basic Authentication is enabled
Get-OwaVirtualDirectory | `
  fl BasicAuthentication

# Enable Basic Authentication
Set-OwaVirtualDirectory `
  -Identity "owa (Default Web Site)" `
  -BasicAuthentication:$True

# Restart IIS to ensure these changes are active
iisreset /timeout:120 /noforce