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The following topology is used in this example and is illustrated in the following diagram:
The Domain Name System (DNS) name of the mail server is mail.contoso.com.
The DNS name of the Web service computer is webservice.contoso.com. It has a valid SSL certificate.
Autodiscover web services are available at https://webservice.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml.
Figure 1: Client and server topology
From executing the Autodiscover HTTP Service Protocol [MS-OXDISCO], the client has the following list of possible Autodiscover servers:
https://contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
https://webservice.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
The Autodiscover service is only available on https://webservice.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml, but https://contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml is configured to respond with an HTTP 302 Redirect response with the Location header set to "https://webservice.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml".
Figure 2: Client and server autodiscovery
Step 1
The Autodiscover client is configured to use the email address user@contoso.com.
The client sends the Autodiscover request XML shown in section 4.1 via HTTP POST to the following URL: https://contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml.
Step 2
The client is returned an HTTP 302 redirection to the following URL: https://webservice.contoso.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml.
Step 3
The client then reposts the request to this URL.
Step 4
The user's mailbox is on mail.contoso.com. The server returns the response XML shown in section 4.3.