From 6e921bc80c851921ebdd55868e455132028bcb5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Birth Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:14:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added post about Outlook 2016 and Exchange 2007. --- ...6-12-12-outlook-2016-with-exchange-2007.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 know-how/software/windows/_posts/2016-12-12-outlook-2016-with-exchange-2007.md diff --git a/know-how/software/windows/_posts/2016-12-12-outlook-2016-with-exchange-2007.md b/know-how/software/windows/_posts/2016-12-12-outlook-2016-with-exchange-2007.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41ebcd3 --- /dev/null +++ b/know-how/software/windows/_posts/2016-12-12-outlook-2016-with-exchange-2007.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +title: Outlook 2016 with Exchange 2007 +layout: default +created: 2016-12-12 17:04:02 +0100 +updated: 2016-12-12 17:04:02 +0100 +toc: false +tags: + - know-how + - software + - windows + - outlook + - exchange +--- +In Outlook 2016, you can't setup an account from an Exchange 2007 server without +having autodiscover setup correctly. The *Manual Setup* only offers "Exchange +ActiveSync" which doesn't work with the 2007 Exchange. (The working method is +named "Microsoft Exchange".) + +Usually, for an email address `account@example.org`, Outlook 2016 will look for +`https://autodiscover.example.org/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml`. If that DNS +entry isn't configured or there's no `autodiscover.xml` at that address, the +account setup in Outlook will fail. + +However, there are [a few ways](https://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/autodiscoverconfiguration.htm) +to override where Outlook is looking for that XML. The probably easiest one is +by adding a registry key to point to a local file containing the actual path to +the desired `autodiscover.xml`. + +So, let's say, you can reach OWA via `https://mail.example.org/owa/`, then the +`autodiscover.xml` is `https://mail.example.org/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml`. + +And you're trying to add an email address `john@company.com` which is managed by +that Exchange 2007 (and you can login to OWA just fine). + +1. Create a file `C:\autodiscover.xml` with the following contents: + + + + + + email + redirectUrl + https://mail.example.org/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml + + + + +2. Open **regedit** and navigate to the path `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover` +3. Add a new *String* (REG_SZ), name it `company.com` (the part after the `@` in your + mail address) and assign the value `C:\autodiscover.xml` to it. +4. Done. Now open Outlook 2016 and add your account. It should work now.