Applies ToExchange Server 2016 Enterprise Edition Exchange Server 2016 Standard Edition

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.

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