Categories: Skype for Business

Skype for Business Web Sites Fail to Work Using Microsoft Web Application Proxy

In a classic case of skim reading the documentation we had trouble publishing a Skype for Business environment externally using a Microsoft Web Application Proxy (WAP). This was mainly impacting the Skype for Business mobile client which was failing to log on.

You could still access all of the standard web sites through a browser such as dialin and meet though.

This happened due to a missed step when setting up the WAP. If the internal and external URLs are different, you need to disable the translation of URLs in the request headers. Use the following powershell command on the WAP server.


$Rule = (Get-WebApplicationProxyApplication -Name "Insert Rule Name to Modify").ID
Set-WebApplicationProxyApplication –ID $Rule –DisableTranslateUrlInRequestHeaders:$True

Once completed reload the mobile client and it should connect without issues.

Bryan Russell

Recent Posts

Migrate Windows Failover Clusters Between Domains

There are numerous tools that can be used for migrating servers between domains but what happens when you have invested…

3 months ago

Exchange Server Throttled by Back Pressure Due to Internal Message

You may experience issues resulting in mail failing to be delivered to internal users. This may be difficult to detect…

9 months ago

Windows Server 2012 R2 fails to install .Net Framework 3.5

.Net Framework 3.5 is getting old now and really shouldn't be installed unless it's required but if you do need…

1 year ago

Skype for Business CU fails to install – Error 1603: Server.msp had errors installing

Microsoft have done a good job making the patching process for Skype for Business as simple as possible but over…

1 year ago

VMM bare metal build fails due to no matching logical network

If you deploy a new VMM bare metal build environment you may face an issue where the deployment fails with…

1 year ago

Configure Hybrid Public Folder with Exchange 2013/2016 (aka Modern Public Folders)

Public Folders don't seem to have the usage that they used to so it's been a while since we worked…

1 year ago