Article ID: 970993 - Last Review: July 17, 2009 - Revision: 1.1

Error message when a user tries to perform an address book search by using Outlook Web Access in an Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 environment: “The item that you attempted to access appears to be corrupted and cannot be accessed.”

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SYMPTOMS

In a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment, you set the msExchangeQueryBasedDN property for the users of a specific organizational unit (OU). Then, you set the distinguishedName property of the OU as the value of the msExchangeQueryBasedDN property. However, when a user tries to use the address book in Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access to perform a search operation by using the OU name to which the user belongs, the user receives the following message:
The item that you attempted to access appears to be corrupted and cannot be accessed.

Additionally, if you click the Show details button of the error message dialog box, the following information is displayed in the dialog box:
Request Url: https://<IP>:443/owa/forms/premium/ReadMessage.aspx?ae=Item&a=Preview&t=AD.RecipientType.Invalid&id=<xxxx> User host address: <IP address> User: <user name> EX Address: <EX Address> SMTP Address: <SMTP address> OWA version: <version number> Mailbox server: <server name> Exception Exception type: Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.CorruptDataException Exception message: The format of serialized ID is not valid. This serialized ID may belong to some other provider. Call stack Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.StoreObjectId..ctor(Byte[] byteArray, Int32 startingIndex) Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.StoreObjectId.Parse(Byte[] byteArray, Int32 startingIndex) Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.StoreObjectId.Deserialize(Byte[] byteArray) Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.StoreObjectId.Deserialize(String base64Id) Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Core.Utilities.CreateStoreObjectId(String storeObjectIdString) Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Core.OwaStoreObjectId.CreateFromString(String owaStoreObjectIdString) Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Core.Utilities.GetItemForRequest[T](OwaContext owaContext, Item& parentItem, Boolean forceAsMessageItem, PropertyDefinition[] prefetchProperties) Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Premium.OwaForm.Initialize[T](Boolean itemRequired, Boolean forceAsMessageItem, PropertyDefinition[] prefetchProperties) Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Premium.OwaForm.InitializeAsMessageItem(PropertyDefinition[] prefetchProperties) Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Premium.ReadMessage.OnLoad(EventArgs e) System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

Note The issue also occurs when the user uses the address book to perform a search operation by using the Outlook Web Access light client. In this case, the user receives a different error message that states "Access is denied."
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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install Update Rollup 9 for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1. For more information about Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1, see the following Exchange Help topic:
Description of Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=157085)
For more information about how to install the latest Exchange service pack or update rollup, see the following Exchange Help topic:
How to Obtain the Latest Service Pack or Update Rollup for Exchange 2007 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=152570)
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1, when used with:
    • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition
    • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition
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