Step 1: Create the Content Rules

In many cases, all of the above workloads will share a common domain name – except for Autodiscover. Therefore, we need to find another way of determining the difference between each workload. Consider the following:

When a client connects with Outlook, the URL which it will try to connect will look like this:

https://autodiscover.domain.com/mapi/...

Similarly, if an ActiveSync client is trying to connect, it will do so using the following URL:

https://mail.domain.com/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync/....

Because Exchange uses a different virtual directory for each of the workloads, we can use that to differentiate traffic from one another. The following table summarizes how this can be achieved:

To create these content matching rules, follow the steps below in the LoadMaster WUI:

1. In the main menu, select Rules & Checking.
2. Select Content Rules.
3. Click Create New.

   

4. Add a recognizable Rule Name, for example ECP.
5. Enter /^\/ecp.*/ in the Match String text box.
6. Select Ignore Case.
7. Click Create Rule.
8. Repeat steps 1 to 7 for each of the rules in the table above. Enter the relevant RegEx in the Match String text box for step 5.