Configure certificate-based authentication for Exchange ActiveSync

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In previous posts, we have discussed certificate based authentication (CBA) for Outlook Web App, and Greg Taylor has covered publishing Outlook Web App and Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) with certificate based authentication using ForeFront TMG in this whitepaper. Certificate based authentication can also be accomplished using ForeFront Unified Access Gateway.

In this post, we will discuss how to configure CBA for EAS for Exchange 2010 in deployments without TMG or UAG.

To recap some of the common questions administrators and IT decision-makers have regarding CBA:

What is certificate based authentication?
CBA uses a user certificate to authenticate the user/client (in this case, to access EAS). The certificate is used in place of the user entering credentials into their device.

Read more at source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/11/28/configure-certificate-based-authentication-for-exchange-activesync.aspx

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio
http://blogs.msexchange.org/patricio
http://www.andersonpatricio.ca
Twitter: @apatricio

About The Author

Anderson Patricio is a Canadian MVP in Cloud and Datacenter Management, and Office Server and Services, besides of the Microsoft Award he also holds a Solutions Master (MCSM) in Exchange, CISSP and several other certifications. Anderson contributes to the Microsoft Community with articles, tutorials, blog posts, twitter, forums and book reviews. He is a regular contributor here at Techgenix.com, MSExchange.org, ITPROCentral.com and Anderson Patricio.org (Portuguese).

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