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How to Find the Exchange Server URL

  • This article is for Windows only

Exchange Local Mailbox backups will attempt to use Exchange Autodiscovery to detect and connect to the Exchange server. If Autodiscovery fails for any reason, you will be prompted to enter the URL of your Exchange server. CSSB cannot connect to Exchange without this information, and the backups will fail.

Please choose one of these methods to find your Exchange server's URL:

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Find the Exchange URL With Powershell

Windows Powershell is installed by default on all Windows Server operating systems capable of running Exchange 2010 or higher. Powershell is the easiest and most reliable way to find your Exchange Server URL.

  1. Open Windows Powershell or Exchange Powershell and enter the following command.
    1. Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory | Select InternalUrl | fl
  2. Copy the Exchange URL and paste it into CSSB.
Add Your Exchange Server's Hostname to the Standard Exchange Server URL

In most environments, you can add your Exchange Server's hostname to the URL below:

https://< EXCHANGE_SERVER_HOSTNAME >/EWS/Exchange.asmx

Replace <EXCHANGE_SERVER_HOSTNAME> with the hostname of your Exchange Server. Be sure to remove the < and > symbols.

Then enter the full URL into CSSB.

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