Configure Basic Authentication for Web services

Basic Authentication will be enabled for Web services.

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 WebServices virtual directories
Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory

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

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

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