Using Outlook as a Client for Exchange Server

It's estimated that a full 50% of Outlook installations involve an Exchange Server somewhere in the picture. Either Outlook is used as an Exchange client or Outlook is used to download messages from an Exchange Server over a POP3 or IMAP4 connection. Outlook isn't the only method you can use to access Exchange, but it's by far the most feature-rich method of Exchange client access.

NOTE

Although you can access Exchange Server using POP3 or IMAP4, these access methods do not provide the rich features of Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Journal, and Notes.

Many of the features described in the next several chapters are Exchange features that you access through the Outlook interface. For that reason, they might not be available within Outlook if you don't have an Exchange email account configured within your profile. If you use Outlook to download mail from an Exchange Server over POP3 or IMAP4, you won't have access to all of these features or the feature might be partially disabled.

For more information about adding an Exchange account to your Outlook profile, see "Creating an Exchange Account," p. 398.