Can’t get into OWA

This same subject has appeared enough times that it frankly puzzles me why I have not written an article on it yet. So here is a quickie:

If you applied patch 888619 you may find it difficult to log into your Outlook Web Access. However, you remembered the good old NTLM troubleshooting days and got in via DOMAIN\login just fine. The above breaks only SBS without SP1 (and if thats you… SMACK.. patch you fools) but here is how you set the default domain in OWA so you can login without putting in your domain every time:

Start > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Server (IIS) Manager
Expand your server > Web Sites > Default Web Site and select properties for the Exchange folder.
Directory Security (tab) and click on Edit under the Authentication and Access Control.

Something like the icon on the right shows up. Select the default domain, select the default realm (both will be your domain name) hit OK, Apply and you’re done. No more OWNCORP\vlad, just Vlad.