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Outlook Web Access change password functionality

The Outlook Web Access change password feature is installed, but it is disabled by default.

The password configuration consists of two changes:

1. Adding/editing the registry value to the back end server.

Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Value: DisablePassword
Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
Enter the value 0 if you want to enable the change password feature. (The Change Password button is available.)
Enter the value 1 if you want to disable the change password feature. (The Change Password button is unavailable.)

2. Adding Iisadmpwd virtual directory to the front-end server.

Right-click the Default Web Site, click New, and then select Virtual Directory.
Create the virtual directory with the alias IISADMPWD
Point the new virtual directory to Winnt\System32\Inetsrv\Iisadmpwd directory, and make sure that both Read and Execute permissions are selected.

Both changes are made to a standalone server if you are using just one server.


Additional Information:
555071 - IISADMPWD Virtual Directory Is Not Created During a Default Install of IIS 6.0

269082 - IISADMPWD Virtual Directory Is Not Created During Clean Install of IIS 5.0
Posted: May 10 2004, 11:06 AM by michael.lundgren | with no comments