In order for Exchange 2007-2013 and Outlook 2007-2016 to function properly, you should have a the Autodiscover CNAME record set up for your domain name which points to our Exchange server. You need to set up the Autodiscover record for your domain name to have the following features:. Automatic setup for Outlook 2007 through 2016. Automatic setup for Outlook for Mac, Entourage with EWS and Mac Mail. Free/Busy information in your calendar.
If you are unable to connect to your Exchange account in Outlook for Mac, check these possible causes to help you get reconnected. Before Outlook 97 there were already clients called Outlook bundled with Exchange. Their names are; Outlook for MS-DOS, Outlook for Windows 3.x, and Outlook for Macintosh. After “Microsoft Outlook 2001 for Macintosh” came Entourage which offered Exchange connectivity for Mac users.
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Access Out of Office response in Outlook. Note: users can still set out of office through OWA regardless if Autodiscover is setup or not. Download offline address book. Share folders by sending out Sharing invitation. Access to Public Folders in Exchange 2013.
Office 2016 for Mac is here! But if you, your email host or company are running an on premise Exchange environment, it better be Exchange 2010 with Service Pack 2 or newer. If not, you are out of luck. Take me for example. I have a lab environment that is still running an “archaic” version of Exchange. When I installed Office 2016 for Mac today, everything transitioned nicely from the public preview with the exception of this mailbox. Not that it worked previously, but now I receive a very clear message every time I run Outlook for Mac that I can’t use it with this specific lab.
Until there’s a change, I will have to continue to use Office 2011 for Mac for this lab. So, if you are an IT admin who manages desktop applications for your organization, be very aware of what the are before you proceed to make yourself and your users very upset. The following table lists the minimum requirements for installing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote 2016 for Mac: Component Minimum Requirement Operating System Mac OS X 10.10 or later Exchange Server version NOTE: This requirement is only for Outlook for Mac customers connecting to Exchange. Connectivity to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 or later.