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Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees, in this case the following problem has led me onto the slippery slope. A user reports that although he can create items in a shared calendar of a colleague, he can no longer delete the entries. When trying to delete a calendar entry, Outlook only shows the following error message: The ... Read more
Ende letzten Jahres hatte ich bereits schon einen Artikel zu dem Thema RPCoverHTTP, besser bekannt als Outlook Anywhere geschrieben: Exchange 2016: Wird RPCoverHTTP noch benötigt? Ich habe daher Outlook Anywhere im Dezember 2016 in meiner Umgebung abgeschaltet. Auf Probleme bin ich bisher nicht gestoßen. Outlook 2016 funktioniert mit MAPIoverHTTP einwandfrei. Nachdem nun also über zwei … Read more
Buttons, functions or button groups can be deactivated with the help of group policies or the registry. This small example shows how to disable the Microsoft Store in Outlook. These two components are required to disable certain buttons or menus: Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) Office 2016 Help Files: Office Fluent User Interface Control ... Read more
Outlook informed me today that it would like to install updates: However, after clicking on "Update now", only the following message was displayed: Sorry, that didn't work. Unfortunately, Office could not be installed. Please make sure that you have an Internet connection and then try the installation again. Error code: 30180-26 The Windows ... Read more
RPCoverHTTP, better known as Outlook Anywhere, was introduced with Exchange Server 2003. RPCoverHTTP is used to connect Outlook to Exchange Server without a VPN, but it was not always easy to realize or implement. Essentially, RPCoverHTTP tunnels the remote procedure calls via the http protocol to transport RPC over the Internet. The ... Read more
Thanks to Autodiscover, it is easy to set up Outlook profiles for Exchange Server. Users only have to click "Next" a few times and the corresponding profile is created. The following dialogs should therefore be familiar to most people: However, since no user interaction is required here in the case of Exchange Server and a correct Autodiscover configuration and ... Read more
I am currently receiving a lot of emails from people complaining about problems with Outlook 2016 in conjunction with Exchange 2010. With Outlook 2016, a crucial function has apparently been removed for many people: Exchange accounts can no longer be configured manually. To be honest, I didn't think that many people had configured their Exchange accounts manually. Outlook ... Read more
I really like the new search function in Outlook 2016. I can now find emails much more quickly; with Outlook 2013, it took noticeably longer to display the results. But whether Outlook 1013 or Outlook 2016, the search can be used much more effectively if you know what you can do. So here's a quick run-through. If ... Read more
I find the new Outlook 2016 quite successful so far, but the animations when switching to the different areas (calendar, mail, etc.) do bother me. With Office 2013, however, you can switch off the animations using a registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Graphics DWORD 32Bit: DisableAnimations Value: 1 For Office 2016 it is the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Graphics DWORD 32Bit: ... Read more
Office 2016 was released today and with it the new Outlook 2016. Microsft is therefore sticking to its policy of first the clients, then the servers. The preview of Exchange 2016 is already available, the new standard client Outlook is now available in the final version. I have just downloaded Office 2016 and will describe my first impression ... Read more
