Configuring RPC encryption requirements

In an Exchange 2010 environment, you can control whether or not Outlook clients are required to use encrypted RPC connections. Since this cannot be configured from the Exchange Management Console, you'll need to use the shell in order to modify these settings. Use the steps in this recipe to control RPC encryption requirements using the Exchange Management Shell.

How to do it.

To enable RPC encryption for a CAS server, use the Set-RPCClientAccess cmdlet:

Set-RpcClientAccess -Server cas1 -EncryptionRequired $true

This enables RPC encryption for the CAS1 client access server.

How it works...

In the RTM version of Exchange 2010, CAS servers were configured to require RPC encryption. Since Outlook 2007 and 2010 are ...

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