intragroup Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Hi, I'm doing a project where I need to setup a Hosted Exchange 2010 Service which integrates with WHMCS and was wondering if anyone new any good Control Panels? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
360sync Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi, Have you tried WSP(WebSitePanel)http://www.websitepanel.net? Ties in nicely with Exchange 2010 and WHMCS for auto account setup and management. Have fun! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intragroup Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi, Have you tried WSP(WebSitePanel)http://www.websitepanel.net? Ties in nicely with Exchange 2010 and WHMCS for auto account setup and management. Have fun! Hi, Thanks for the reply. I've had a look and was a little concerned that they seem to drop support as and when they hit an issue until it has been resolved an their Guides on how to set it up aren't complete. Have you had any experiance in using WSP? If so what are your thoughts on the support and ease of setup? I've been testing Hosting Controller at the moment and they seem ok but no one has anything nice to say about them which concerns me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofleyUK Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 WSP is excellent. Lot of guys using it. We use it for standard windows hosting altho not for Exchange. Since DotNetPanel buggered off, WSP guys have made a really good effort at fixing the problems DNP had while it was a paid for product. Highly recommended. Ease of setup and as 360sync said, its integrated to WHMCS. Try it on a test machine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
360sync Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 (edited) Hi, I agree with your concern when the switch was made from DNP to WSP however most of this has been ironed out now. They've cleaned up the documentation and main WSP site, so this is getting much more friendly now. Currently running on Exchange 2010 SP1 /hosted edition and the communication between WSP, WHMCS and Exchange are all working smoothly. The only bug is deleting an organization, where the process does not fully complete therefore require manual completion on Exchange. This is rare for us so it's not huge, it's known and is being addressed. As Jeff mentioned the setup is quite smooth, logging is also good for diagnosing items you might come across. I've also checked into Hosting Controller, however looking at other control panels from administration and end user point of view, WSP is a much cleaner setup in both aspects which also leads to less support, reduced overhead on configuration and since SP1 /hosted has most of the controls required for day to day, WSP is just taking care of setup, plans, domains, status, removal..and high end details. Hope this helps! Edited January 20, 2011 by 360sync 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intragroup Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hi Jeff and 360sync. Thanks for your help on this. It does look like WSP is going to be the best option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksony Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Can I confirm websitepanel works well with exchange 2010 hosted edition? That means it allows administrator to administrate (add/edit/delete) mailboxes of mail organisation, and for auto creation of mailbox through WHMCS? And for user side, it allows them control panel to make changes to their mailbox? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofleyUK Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 There is documentation on WSP's website for it, i am sure you will find al you need there, and to the features you mentioned, yes you can. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksony Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks! Got it working. Btw, anyone of you using Hosted Edition 2010? Because different organisation has different domain, I have managed to setup CNAME for autodiscover and it works, however, when user is using Outlook, it still pops out the windows saying "certificate mismatch" for the autodiscover domain. Are you guys able to fix that? Able to share or contact me if possible? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksony Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hey, We have created Exchange plans and space, but when I tried to create exchange organization using one of the space (each space only got Domain and Exchange Hosting), it gives the following message: "Error creating Exchange organization - Error creating organization. See system logs for detailed messages." Where is this log? I tried to see Events viewer there isn't anything. What was created in Active Directory is only the orgnaization folder, with nothing inside. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
360sync Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hi Jeff and 360sync. Thanks for your help on this. It does look like WSP is going to be the best option. Glad we could help with your decision, always nice to hear insight! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
360sync Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks! Got it working. Btw, anyone of you using Hosted Edition 2010? Because different organisation has different domain, I have managed to setup CNAME for autodiscover and it works, however, when user is using Outlook, it still pops out the windows saying "certificate mismatch" for the autodiscover domain. Are you guys able to fix that? Able to share or contact me if possible? Hello and yes, autodiscover is tricky and with a CNAME it doesn't respond well due to it's nature. Have it point to a dedicated IP address, where all clients point for the autodiscover, using the 'redirect' method works the best and reliabily from our experience. Each domains autodiscover is the same IP, which then uses the redirect method to capture the main server settings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
360sync Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hey, We have created Exchange plans and space, but when I tried to create exchange organization using one of the space (each space only got Domain and Exchange Hosting), it gives the following message: "Error creating Exchange organization - Error creating organization. See system logs for detailed messages." Where is this log? I tried to see Events viewer there isn't anything. What was created in Active Directory is only the orgnaization folder, with nothing inside. Audit log under 'serveradmin' shows some details and then Exchange events will show you the rest. Usually this indicates a communication error such as security or log-in credentials for WSP to communicate. Head over to http://www.websitepanel.net to find documentation and related forums to gain insight to this, as there are a number of members experiencing related issues with corresponding solutions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksony Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hello and yes, autodiscover is tricky and with a CNAME it doesn't respond well due to it's nature. Have it point to a dedicated IP address, where all clients point for the autodiscover, using the 'redirect' method works the best and reliabily from our experience. Each domains autodiscover is the same IP, which then uses the redirect method to capture the main server settings. Hey, Thanks for your response! That's what we do, cname autodiscover to autodiscoveredirection (another dedicated IP), then direct it to https://autodiscover (exchange IP) . Am I doing anything wrong here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
360sync Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hey no problem:) Using a redirect such as (autodiscover.clientsdomain.com), pointing to IP(0.0.0.0) which has the redirect web application works quite well. Therefore instead of using a cname, use the ip for consistent results, using other methods work, however seem to be be prone to errors without a certain sequence. Keep in mind that the redirect needs to be an application vs. just a simple redirect/virtual directory, hope this helps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksony Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hey thanks. Yep have changed to A record for autodiscover.clientdomain.com to access the dedicated IP. what do you mean by it needs to be an application? I think so, it is a "Globe" icon under sites in IIS. Then I create another "Autodiscover" folder in it too. Then I set "HTTP Redirect" for the application to redirect to "https://autodiscover.host.com/" is that right? Will Outlook be able to detect it autodiscover.host.com instead of certificate mismatch autodiscover.client.com? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksony Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks! Solved it. need to disable https THANKS SO MUCH! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
360sync Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hello, Okay the dedicated IP works well so that's good! In IIS the application is 'add application' vs. 'add virtual directory'. Create the website for autodiscover as you've done, and create the application containing the 'web config' file, which contains the redirect info. The same applies to your file directory, create 'autodiscover' and then a sub 'autodiscover' containing the web config file for the redirect. Using just the 'http redirect' does not contain the information required, therefore you may also see the certificate error containing certificate info from the server containing the redirect vs. the actual exchange certificate. Yes, Outlook works perfect with this setup, initially it will ask if you want to allow this server to be allowed to setup the settings for this domain, simply place a check in 'do not show...' and click 'allow' and all sets up seamlessly. Hope this helps! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostautomate Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) We have used WSP but in this product there are limitations , their integration is bit similar to HMC. WSP don't support Exchange 2010 SP1, No support for Mix mode Exchange 2007/2010 They provision Hosted Exchange Switch but it is not comprehensive what they do is to create admin login and provide control via Ecp then user can create distribution list/mailboxes/change password through it. What the purpose of a control panel if it can't manage these task from panel and we must have to do it via Ecp then better not to use WSP. On other hand using Hosting Controller where they start support for Hosted Exchange and you can perform all tasks from control panel no need to perform action via ecp... So in my opinion Hosting Controller providing the best solution for Exchange and is on TOP. Edited August 23, 2011 by hostautomate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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