Documentation » Connect to the Exchange Server using a Mac. Connect to the Exchange Server using a Mac. Set up with Microsoft Outlook Set up with OS X Mail. Set up with Microsoft Outlook (This is the prefered way to set up your exchange account) 1. Open Microsoft Outlook on your MacBook. In the Rules box of Outlook for Mac, server rules are grouped by account under Server Rules in the left pane. These rules run on the Exchange mail server, even when Outlook is not open. Because Outlook does not need to be open, server rules are useful if you access your account from more than one computer. In Outlook for Mac 2011, thousands of colors can be assigned to local categories. In Outlook 2016 for Mac, 25 predefined colors can be assigned to MCL categories. These colors are predefined by the Exchange server MCL. If you have an IMAP or POP account that's set up in Outlook 2016 for Mac, local categories are used. Outlook 2016 for Mac supports Kerberos protocol as a method of authentication with Microsoft Exchange Server and standalone LDAP accounts. Kerberos protocol uses cryptography to help provide secure mutual authentication for a network connection between a client and a server. Microsoft Exchange Server handles the substantial amount of business communication of enterprises and allows to get emails without any latency. But, when there is an issue related to the performance of Exchange, then Outlook users need to run some troubleshooting like creating a new Outlook profile. Sometimes, they need to know the address of Exchange.
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Summary
Consider the following scenario:
You try to transfer data from Outlook 2016 for Mac or Outlook for Mac 2011, such as email and contacts, to Outlook for Windows. To do this, you try to import the
.olm
file that was exported from Outlook for Mac. However, you receive the following error in Outlook for Windows:Microsoft Outlook For Mac Exchange Settings
The file <path>.olm is not an Outlook data file (.pst).
More information
Microsoft Outlook for Windows doesn't support
.olm
data files. However, there are several methods that you can use to transfer data from Outlook for Mac to a Windows-based Outlook client. These methods require that you use Microsoft Exchange Server.![For For](/uploads/1/1/8/5/118542564/407416361.png)
Synchronize data with Microsoft Exchange Server
If the data is available in a mailbox that is located on an Exchange Server, the Outlook for Windows client can access the data. To do this, the Windows client connects to the Exchange Server by using either Cached Exchange Mode or Online mode.
Outlook For Mac Not Connecting To Exchange Server
Export data from Microsoft Exchange to an Outlook data (.pst) file
Use the
Export-Mailbox
shell cmdlet from Microsoft Exchange PowerShell to export mailbox data to an Outlook data (.pst) file. For more information about the Export-Mailbox
shell cmdlet, see:Note
Currently, Microsoft does not have a utility to convert an
.olm
file to a .pst file.