The name could not be resolved. The action could not be completed

[Joseph Gruber]

I'm having a problem getting my Outlook 2003 clients to see our Exchange 2003
standard server. When I create the profile I get the following error when I
"Check Name": "The name could not be resolved. The action could not be
completed."

MachineA (Windows 2003 Server) is the exchange server and also hosts
external DNS and runs VMWare. VMWare runs MachineB (Windows 2003 Server)
which is the DC & GC and hosts DHCP & DNS. MachineA points to MachineB for
DNS and all desktop machines (Windows XP Professional) point to MachineB for
DNS.

We are moving from a linux solution (Postfix & CourierIMAP) to Exchange but
can't get past this hurdle. I've searched google as well as these newsgroups
and have tried numerous suggestions but none seem to work for me.

Any suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!!

 

[Alex Yu]

Joseph Gruber said the following on 3/13/2005 7:55 AM:

I'm having a problem getting my Outlook 2003 clients to see our Exchange 2003
standard server. When I create the profile I get the following error when I
"Check Name": "The name could not be resolved. The action could not be
completed."

Is the machine a domain workstation? If not, when you click on the
Check Name button, did it prompt you for a username and a password?

MachineA (Windows 2003 Server) is the exchange server and also hosts
external DNS and runs VMWare. VMWare runs MachineB (Windows 2003 Server)
which is the DC & GC and hosts DHCP & DNS. MachineA points to MachineB for
DNS and all desktop machines (Windows XP Professional) point to MachineB for
DNS.

I strongly suggest you not that do not use this setup. DC/GC needs to
be a dedicated machine that the Exchange server can talk to at any time.
VMware is a great solution but running the DC in a VMware VM setup on
the Exchange server will cause many unknown problems.

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