Error Message: HTTP 403 (Forbidden) "You Are Not Authorized to View This Page" When Accessing OWA (272522)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0
  • Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0a
  • Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5

This article was previously published under Q272522

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to access Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) from BackOffice Small Business Server, and you use an internal or external IP address, for example, http://10.0.0.2/exchange, you may receive the following error message:
HTTP 403 (Forbidden) "You are not authorized to view this page"

CAUSE

This error may occur when you attempt to access OWA from a server running both the OWA component and Microsoft Proxy Server.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, do one of the following methods:
  1. Access OWA through the server by using the server's Netbios name, for example:

    http://<ServerName>/Exchange

    -or-

  2. Do not use set the Internet browser to use the proxy server.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/18/2006
Keywords:kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB272522