Exchange 2010 SP1 Outlook Web App login customizations.
I’m updating the code in this article using BitTrack Decode HTML to provide you with easy to read code.
I needed to add some code to the OWA page to help our Help Desk get people logged on quicker without so much hand holding.
So here are the three changes I did to the file logon.aspx found in the path (if you let the Exchange 2010 installer chose the default path): C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\Owa\auth\
Login Domain Reminders
Customize this however you wish with any HTML code you want. I have two domains that log into this interface, and the email addresses only match Domain2′s UPN, so to make it easier for everyone – we’ve standardized on domain\username. But this code will show up above the username login table but below the Public/Private radio buttons and explanations.
Look for the following lines of code:
<%=UserNameLabel%></label>
<input id="username" name="username" type="text" />
Below the
tag but above the
Insert a new line of code (or multiple, you have the entire table width available):
<span style="color: #ff0000;">♦</span> Domain1 use: <strong>domain1\user name</strong> <span style="color: #0000ff;">♦</span> Domain2 use: <strong>domain2\user name</strong>
Invalid Credentials
If a user enters incorrect information, the login page will change to display an alert to tell the user why their email hasn’t appeared on the screen. We wanted to make it easy for a user to find our password reset page, so we included some additional html to provide them a link to the page.
Look for <%=LocalizedStrings.GetHtmlEncoded(Strings.IDs.InvalidCredentialsMessage)%>
%> and the following text:
Visit https://pwreset.domain.tld to reset your password.Obviously, you could include any other text that is relevant to your environment to assist your users.
Connected to…
I have to client access servers setup using MNLB, so they both respond to requests to our OWA URL. If either one of them is having a server specific problem, it’s a pain typing in each FQDN URL to test, when I can just insert a little text at the bottom to tell me or the user which server is serving them.
Look for (Strings.IDs.ConnectedToExchange)%>
Insert between %> and the following text ”’Client Access Server 1”’ or ”’Client Access Server 2”’ as appropriate.
The finished line of code should look like this:
<%=LocalizedStrings.GetHtmlEncoded(Strings.IDs.ConnectedToExchange)%>Client Access Server 2
HP doesn’t buy Intel/Microsoft hype
ZDnet reports that HP has stepped up and called Intel and Microsoft out.
Intel’s latest technology buzzword “Turbo Memory” is an extra 1GB of memory added onto the latest Centrino line of laptop motherboards. This memory is split into two 512MB partitions of space and used by Microsoft Vista to improve read/write access to hard drives and often used data that would normally be stored in RAM.
So what’s the rub? Intel is charging $50(US) more for this 1GB of storage. And add to the fact that it’s a Vista only technology. Linux and XP users are stuck paying for more crap they won’t use (or frankly – don’t need).
HP has gone on record by stating that a user can spend $5 on a 1GB SD Card or thumb drive and get the exact same performance. They also found, unsurprisingly, that if they add an additional 1GB of RAM to the system (at a similar cost to intel’s cost of Turbo Memory) – they exceed the performance of a unit without the extra ram and 1GB of readyboost.
I, for one, applaud HP for sticking up for its customers or at least saving them a few bucks on this wishy washy technology – unlike Acer, Dell, and Toshiba have already drank the kool-aid.
