What does /owa/auth.owa &CorrelationID=<empty> means?

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2024-10-24 13:59:55 10.10.XX.XX POST /owa/auth.owa &CorrelationID=<empty>;&cafeReqId=3da8984f-a2e0-4485-97c2-1xx95x2x932x;&LogoffReason=NoCookiesGetOrE14AuthPost&encoding=; 443 ezri@xxx.com.my xx.xx.xx.xxx Mozilla/5.0+(Windows+NT+10.0;+Win64;+x64)+AppleWebKit/537.36+(KHTML,+like+Gecko)+Chrome/115.0.0.0+Safari/537.36+Edg/xxx.x.xxxx.xxx - 302 0 0 11

Answer 1

Hello

The /owa/auth.owa part of the URL refers to the authentication page for Outlook Web App (OWA), which is used to log in to an Exchange email account.

The CorrelationID is a unique identifier (GUID) generated for each request made to the server. It's used for tracking and troubleshooting purposes. When an error occurs, the Correlation ID helps administrators trace and diagnose issues by linking the error to specific requests.