I have a couple of questions that might help to pinpoint where the problem is. What we want to do is to check to see if you're dealing with a networking issue (which might involve Fusion) or Windows authentication issues (which do not involve Fusion).
Is the problem that it will not establish a network connection (Exchange/RDC can't contact server) or that you can't be authenticated (username/password check fails)? That would tell us if we might have a blocked network port.
Is your Mac connected to the same network as the other Windows PCs that work? Just making sure we're comparing apples to apples (or Apples to PC's).
Is the Mac resident in a corporate office (corporate LAN segments with no VPN) or are you trying to use a VPN to remotely connect to a corporate network. If so, is the VPN being started from the Mac or from within the VM? If the trouble occurs with the VPN running within the VM, it's probably more of a Windows problem than a Fusion problem.
Is the VM a member of the same Windows domain that the PCs are. OWA doesn't care (as it's web based) but Exchange and RDC might.
If you are in a corporate LAN setting (no VPN) or have VPN software that's running on the Mac, have you tried to install the Mac version of RDC?
Is the firewall turned on on your Mac? If so, try turning it off to see if that helps. If it does, you may need to allow additional network ports in the firewall for RDC and Exchange.
Check with your Exchange admin. I would suspect that they might be able to give you additional information if you tried to connect to Exchange and the connection failed due to authorization issues.
Message was edited by: Technogeezer - Added clarification on checking for WIndows authentication issues and blocked ports.
- Paul (Technogeezer)
Editor of the Unofficial Fusion Companion Guides
