Symptoms
If Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) is enabled in an Exchange Server 2016 environment, users cannot log on to Outlook Web Access (OWA). Instead, the user receives the following error page:
Error:
:-(
Something went wrong
We can't get that information right now. Please try again later.
X-ClientId: 9CBDD459E5D04C5A821C1A4605B2DF76
X-FEServer: Exchange
Date: date
Additionally, the following Event ID 1309 is logged on the Exchange server:
This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.
Cause
This issue occurs because the instance of MD5CryptoServiceProvider is not FIPS compliant.
Cumulative update information
For Exchange Server 2016
To resolve this issue, install Cumulative Update 3 for Exchange Server 2016 or a later cumulative update for Exchange Server 2016.
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
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