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This entry has been published on 2013-04-06 and may be out of date.

Last Updated on 2013-04-06.

Problem

You can use Exchange 2010 server with different URLs for internal and external access – but this configuration can get in conflict with your SSL certificate. Internal host names are mostly not allowed in public SSL certs, and Exchange allows only 1 certificate to be active for one service. Note that the SSL certificate policies get even more restrictive in the next few years.

Workaround

You can get a certificate which allows internal domain names, but I would not recommend this way.

Better forget the internal URLs and use the external URLs also for internal access.

DigiCert offers a free useful tool for the modification (even if your certificate is not from DigiCert). It also creates a rollback script.

You can also optimize your internal Windows DNS server to recognize your external domains to be internal (otherwise your internet router would have to do this job).