After installing a new Exchange 2013 server I was experiencing some issues after installing a new SSL Certificate and trying to make http:// auto redirect to https://
Depending upon the issue you are having this could solve both in 1 shot.
You receive an Error like:
Server Error:
403 – Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.
The Solution:
1. Within IIS > Default Site > SSL Settings
2. Change this:
3. To This:
4. Click “Apply” on the right hand side, you make need to restart iis server by issuing the following command into the command line
5. After a few minutes the IIS service will stop than restart itself.
6. Simple create a blank html document and place the following code in it. Then put this file into root IIS INETPUB directory.
a. My IIS root directory is located here: “C:inetpubwwwroot” and the file I created is “C:inetpubwwwrootiisstart.htm” (this file may already exist you just need to change the contents of the file.
<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0; URL=https://subdomain.domain.com/"> </head> <body></body> </html>
Great your done! Your site should automatically redirect to HTTPS instead of just presenting an error.