Outlook 2011 For Mac And EWS Setup

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Outlook 2011 For Mac And EWS Setup


Follow these steps to set up Outlook to sync using Exchange Web Services:

  • Open Outlook.
  • Open the Outlook menu and select Preferences.
  • Click the Accounts icon under the Person Settings section.
  • Click the Exchange icon which will open a new window.
  • Enter your email address in the E-mail address field.
  • Set the Method to "User Name and Password."
  • Enter your full email address (e.g. user@example.com) as the username.
  • Enter your password in the password field.
  • Uncheck the "Configure automatically" check-box.
  • In the Server field, enter Zimbra Collaboration Server's hostname - (e.g. mail.example.com)
  • Click Add Account.

Note, if you end up customizing the other elements be aware of the following:

  • ZimbraEWS uses BASIC Auth for validating the user request.

Screen Shot Order

EWS-Outlook-Preferences.png

EWS-Outlook-Add-Account.png

EWS-Outlook-Exch-Acct-Info.png

EWS-Outlook-Cert-Warning.png

EWS-Outlook-Server-Tab.png

EWS-Outlook-Delegates-Tab.png

EWS-Outlook-Security-Tab.png

EWS-Outlook-Accounts-View.png

EWS-Outlook-SyncPending-1.png

EWS-Outlook-SyncPending-2.png

EWS-Outlook-Downloading-Messages.png

EWS-Outlook-Folders-UpToDate.png

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