2016-12-27 13:14:59 +00:00
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title: Outlook 2016 with Exchange 2007
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layout: default
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created: 2016-12-12 17:04:02 +0100
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updated: 2016-12-12 17:04:02 +0100
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toc: false
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tags:
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- know-how
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- software
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- windows
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- outlook
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- exchange
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In Outlook 2016, you can't setup an account from an Exchange 2007 server without
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having autodiscover setup correctly. The *Manual Setup* only offers "Exchange
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ActiveSync" which doesn't work with the 2007 Exchange. (The working method is
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named "Microsoft Exchange".)
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Usually, for an email address `account@example.org`, Outlook 2016 will look for
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`https://autodiscover.example.org/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml`. If that DNS
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entry isn't configured or there's no `autodiscover.xml` at that address, the
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account setup in Outlook will fail.
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However, there are [a few ways](https://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/autodiscoverconfiguration.htm)
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to override where Outlook is looking for that XML. The probably easiest one is
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by adding a registry key to point to a local file containing the actual path to
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the desired `autodiscover.xml`.
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So, let's say, you can reach OWA via `https://mail.example.org/owa/`, then the
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`autodiscover.xml` is `https://mail.example.org/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml`.
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And you're trying to add an email address `john@company.com` which is managed by
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that Exchange 2007 (and you can login to OWA just fine).
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1. Create a file `C:\autodiscover.xml` with the following contents:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
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<Autodiscover xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/responseschema/2006">
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<Response xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/outlook/responseschema/2006a">
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<Account>
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<AccountType>email</AccountType>
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<Action>redirectUrl</Action>
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<RedirectUrl>https://mail.example.org/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml</RedirectUrl>
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</Account>
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</Response>
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</Autodiscover>
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2. Open **regedit** and navigate to the path `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover`
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3. Add a new *String* (REG_SZ), name it `company.com` (the part after the `@` in your
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mail address) and assign the value `C:\autodiscover.xml` to it.
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4. Done. Now open Outlook 2016 and add your account. It should work now.
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2016-12-27 18:03:07 +00:00
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*[OWA]: Outlook Web Access
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