Setting Up Outlook to use RPC Over HTTPS

First, backup your current Outlook profile. Open Outlook and choose File | Import and Export…

Choose “Export to a File” then click Next.

Choose “Personal Folder File (.pst)” and click Next.

Choose Personal Folders and make sure that “Include subfolders” is checked off. Then click Next.

To prevent any  loss of information, choose “Allow duplicate items to be created” then click Browse…

Save your .pst file to your desktop. This will make it easy to find later.

Click Finish.

Outlook will prompt you to choose compression, etc. Leave the defaults and click OK. Depending on the amount of your files, it may take a while before it is done exporting everything.

Next, go to Start Menu | Control Panel | Mail.

Click Show Profiles.

Choose the profile to which you want to add your Exchange account. The default profile is called Outlook. For this example, we are using a profile called test. When it is highlighted, click on Properties.

Next, click on E-mail Accounts…

If you try to create an Exchange account from your current running Outlook profile, you will get the following error:

Click OK and follow the directions above to get into the Mail Control Panel applet.

After choosing Email Accounts… choose “Add a new e-mail account” then click Next.

Choose “Microsoft Exchange Server” then click Next.

Fill in the first field as above, and uncheck Use Cached Exchange Mode. In the second field, type in your full email address. Then click More Settings…

There will be a slight delay. Then you should receive the message above. Click OK.

You will see a dialog box similar to that above. Click Cancel.

Fill in the name of your Exchange account to read webmail.offsiteinc.info. This will make troubleshooting easier if the need arises. Then click the Connection tab.

Check off “Connect to my Exchange mailbox using HTTP”. Then click Exchange Proxy Settings…

Next, fill in this dialog like the one above. It must be exact to work properly. Click OK when finished.

Click OK out of the Connection tab.

Back at the Email Accounts dialog, click “Check name” next to your email address. You will get a prompt like above. Enter your full email address and password as shown.

Now your name should appear in the User Name field and be underlined. You can check off Use Cached Exchange Mode if you choose to use that feature. Then click Next.

You will get the notice above. Click Yes, as we will fix that next.

Now your Exchange account is set up. Click Finish.

Open Outlook again. Enter your email address and password and click OK.

You should see your Exchange account on the left under Mailbox – Your Name.

Go to Tools | E-mail Accounts…

Choose “View/Change accounts”, then click Next. You should see a dialog similar to the above. Under “Deliver new e-mail to the following location:” choose Mailbox – Your Name. Then click Finish.

You will receive the warning above. Click OK.

Next, go to File | Import and Export…

This time, choose “Import from another program or file” then click Next.

Choose “Personal Folder File (.pst)” then click Next.

Browse to your Desktop and find the .pst file that was backed up in the beginning of this tutorial. Highlight it and click Open.

Make sure “Include subfolders is checked off”, then click Finish. Again, depending on the size of the file, it may take a while for everything to import.

Once done, go to Personal Folders on the left column and right click. Then left click on Close “Personal Folders”.

Your new Exchange account is now set up and your old mail from Outlook has been moved to the Exchange server.

For more information on Outlook, see: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook.

For help with your account, contact support@fandotech.com or call 860-432-4745.