Configuring Outlook for Exchange

When you create an Active Directory user, the user is automatically set up with a mailbox. However, you must still configure that user's Outlook client software to connect to the user's account. Follow these steps:

1. Start Outlook on the user's computer.

   An Outlook icon is usually near the top of the Start menu.

2. Choose Tools E-mail Accounts.

   The E-mail Accounts dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 11-6.

   
   Figure 11-6: The first page of the E-mail Accounts dialog box.

3. Select the Add a New E-mail Account option and then click Next.

   The dialog box, as shown in Figure 11-7, appears. This dialog box lists the various types of e-mail accounts that you can create for Outlook.

   
   Figure 11-7: Outlook can handle many different types of e-mail accounts.

4. Select the Microsoft Exchange Server option and then click Next.

   The dialog box, as shown in Figure 11-8, appears.

   
   Figure 11-8: You must identify the Exchange server and provide a username.

5. Enter the name of the Exchange server and the username in the appropriate text boxes, and then click Next.

   You see this message:

    The E-Mail account you have just added will not start until you choose Exit from the File menu and then restart Microsoft Outlook. 

6. Click OK.

   The message dialog box disappears, and the last page of the E-Mail Accounts Wizard appears, as shown in Figure 11-9.

   
   Figure 11-9: Don Pardo, tell them what they've done.

7. Click the Finish button.

   The wizard is dismissed.

8. Choose File Exit to close Outlook and then restart Outlook.

   The mailbox should now be configured.