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Bciesz_171056
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Aug 22, 2017

HTTP::redirect and MS Office

Hi,

 

I have an iRule that redirects users to an external sharepoint site. It modifies the URL for redirection based on incoming URLs in different ways.

 

Now it occured to my client, that no only web browsers use this URLs and while it works perfectly as intended when used, let's say - normally the redirection does not work when URL is used in MS WORD.

 

I suspect that WORD is executing HTTP query and is expecting an HTTP 200 return. It gets HTTP 302 and it has no idea how to work with it.

 

Do you guys have any idea how I could work around that? I suppose I could catch all MS WORD executed queries by checking for user agent. But how could I proceed with the redirection?

 

application delivery
http redirection
LTM

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  • Stanislas_Piro2's avatar
    Stanislas_Piro2
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    Aug 22, 2017

    Hi,

     

    Sharepoint and mixed HTTP (internal URLs) / HTTPS (external URLs) is the best solution to waste your time and loose your mind :-)

     

    The solution I will give you is not a F5 solution but a Sharepoint solution: Alternate Access Mapping.