Fustrated with Exchange...
I find Exchange so frustrating to work with sometimes. It is a great application and provides vital functionality, but working with it can sometimes be a bear.
My task today: RPC via HTTP. Something many people struggle with, from what I've seen. I am working on getting this server colocated and I have my copy of SBS2003 Premium from the TS2 seminar I went to. I have seriously spent probably the past 6+ hours on it. I could not get it working at all. Tried many different guides, many different configurations, everything. I finally figured it must be SP1... it changes the RPC-HTTP stuff a little and it is funkier for single server installations. So I format the drive and completely reinstall SBS2003. Go to set it up... still doesn't work.
Finally, a stroke of "why did I think of this before". SBS must have a guide somewhere for users to configure Outlook. Sure enough, they do in the Remote Web Workplace. What was my problem before? I never installed the certificate for the server! I don't have a trusted CA, so I needed to install the certificate so it would recognize it.
6+ hours of work, all for missing a ~30 second step. I am done, going to bed.