Add Microsoft Exchange To Outlook

This blog provides information and detailed instructions to set up or configure an Exchange account in the Microsoft Outlook application.

Microsoft Outlook application allows configuration of multiple email accounts like Gmail, Office 365, IMAP, Exchange Server, and more and provides the synchronization facility. Here, we are giving the process to add Microsoft Exchange in Outlook 2013 manually.

Note: There is no provision for setting up an Exchange Account manually in Microsoft Outlook 2016 and 2019 versions.

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May 08, 2020 In Microsoft Exchange dialog box, click on Security tab that is between the Advanced and Connection. Now, deselect the Encrypt data between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange check box. And, click on Login network security drop-down box and choose Anonymous Authentication from the list. Microsoft Outlook application allows configuration of multiple email accounts like Gmail, Office 365, IMAP, Exchange Server, and more and provides the synchronization facility. Here, we are giving the process to add Microsoft Exchange in Outlook 2013 manually. Note: There is no provision for setting up an Exchange Account manually in Microsoft. Download, Install and Start Outlook 2019. Enter the email address of your new Microsoft Exchange 2019 account. Click on advanced options. Check the box I would like to configure my account manually. In the selection, select the account type exchange. Your computer will now connect to the Exchange servers. This may take a few minutes.

Manually configure Microsoft Exchange account in Outlook 2013

Before going to the steps to configure Microsoft Exchange account in Outlook 2013, please confirm the following pre-requisites.

  • Exchange Server is ON and is available
  • Exchange Services are running
  • Microsoft Outlook 2013 is installed on the Exchange client machine

After ensuring all the above requirements, perform these steps to add Microsoft Exchange account in Outlook 2013 manually.

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  1. Open Control Panel on your Exchange client machine. Click on the Mail option.
  2. On the Mail Setup page, click on Show Profiles option.
  3. Click Add to create a new profile. Then type any profile name and click OK.
  4. Next, the Add Account page will get opened. Select Manual setup or additional server types and click Next.
  5. Choose Service as Microsoft Exchange Server or compatible service and click on Next.
  6. Under the Server Settings section, add your Exchange Server name, Username, and then click on Check Name option. Using the Autodiscover feature in Exchange Server, the Exchange Server and Username address are successfully verified and added. Click Next. It may ask you to add the credentials for this Username along with the password; please provide it to continue.
  7. The added account will start configuring, and then it will display the confirmation message. Click Finish to confirm again.
  8. Next, in the opened Show profiles page on Mail, select your created profile from the list under Always use this profile section and click OK.
  9. Go to your Account Settings and check if the currently added account is Set as Default. If not, please set it to default by selecting it and clicking on Set as Default option.
  10. Now, open your Microsoft Outlook application. You can now view and access the just configured Exchange Server user account.
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Now, you have the desired Exchange account configured in your Outlook email client and all the data saved as an OST file in offline mode (if the Cached Exchange Mode is enabled). In addition to facilitating offline working, the OST file works as a backup file for you to access the lost or deleted Exchange data again after converting it to PST file format.

Though you can try free methods to convert OST to PST file, these methods are not at all reliable or secure. For your help, we suggest an advanced converter tool that offers to convert OST to PST files efficiently without any need for the Exchange Server availability. Kernel for OST to PST tool is an OST converter tool which offers conversion of even corrupted or orphaned OST files in no time. It lets users preview OST data for selective data recovery. Other than conversion to PST file format, the tool provides OST data migration to Office 365, Exchange Server, Gmail, and more.

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Add Microsoft Exchange Account To Outlook

The blog has described the complete method to manually add Microsoft Exchange in Outlook 2013. It also offers an advanced OST converter tool to convert your OST files into PST format for accessing in difficult situations or use it as a backup for Exchange data.