Session timeout for OWA 2010

You can now force OWA 2010 connections to time out after a specified period of inactivity. OWA sends repeated keepalive requests to the server to prevent timeouts. Keeping the connections open can interfere with single sign-on.

To force OWA 2010 to timeout after a specified period by using the command line interface

At the command prompt, type the following commands:

• add tm trafficAction [-forcedTimeout -forcedTimeoutVal ]

  For , substitute a name for your traffic policy. For , substitute the number of minutes after which to initiate a forced timeout. For , substitute one of the following values:

  • START—Starts the timer for forced timeout if a timer has not already been started. If a running timer exists, has no effect.
  • STOP—Stops a running timer. If no running timer is found, has no effect.
  • RESET—Restarts a running timer. If no running timer is found, starts a timer just as if the START option had been used.

• add tm trafficPolicy

  For , substitute a name for your traffic policy. For , substitute a rule in Citrix ADC default syntax.

• bind lb vserver –policyName -priority

  For , substitute the name of the authentication, authorization, and auditing traffic management virtual server. For , substitute an integer that designates the policy’s priority.

Example

add tm trafficAction act-owa2010timeout -forcedTimeout RESET -forcedTimeoutVal 10 add tm trafficPolicy pol-owa2010timeout true act-owa2010timeout bind lb vserver vs-owa2010 -policyName pol-owa2010timeout -priority 10