Exchange Server 2013 introduced modern public folders and also shift in the way clients access the public folders. Ever since, the Outlook for Mac client had limited or no support for public folders. This article provides an update on how Outlook 2016 for Mac clients can access public folders in various topologies. Current Scenario The Outlook for Mac clients could not access public folders if: Co-existence with legacy public folders. Legacy public folders deployed on Exchange Server 2010 SP3 and user mailbox present on Exchange Server 2013/Exchange server 2016 in same organization.
Modern public folder access in Hybrid topology. Exchange Server 2013/Exchange Server 2016 in hybrid mode with an Office365 tenant. Scenario1 – Modern PF’s deployed on-premises – on-premises users, with mailbox on Exchange Online, accessing modern public folders deployed in Exchange on-premises. Scenario2 – Modern PF’s deployed in Office 365 – on-premises users, with mailbox on Exchange on-premises as well, accessing modern public folders deployed in Office 365 tenant Solution The of Outlook 2016 for Mac clients, along with changes in Cumulative Update for Exchange Server, will make public folders in above scenarios work for Outlook 2016 for Mac. Hi, We have Coexistence Scenario with Exchange 2016 CU2 and Exchange 2010 SP3. We moved 5 of 120 Outlook 2016 for MAC user’s mailbox to Exchange 2016. On 2 Mac users (User X and Y) access to public folder works perfectly.
Outlook 2016 for Mac. To create Archive archive folder choose one or more messages that you would like to archive > chose Archive on the ribbon. As soon as you choose Archive, you will get a prompt The “Archive” folder for “Microsoft” does not exist > to proceed click Continue button. To access these settings, click Outlook > Preferences > Accounts, select the IMAP account, and then click Advanced. For information about the primary IMAP account settings, see Basic IMAP account settings for Outlook for Mac.
On the other 3 (User A, B and C), it doesn’t work. All Offices are on latest version (15.25 if I’m correct). If a user A B or C logs on MAC of user X, and configures his mailbox on Outlook, it starts working! If user X logs on MAC of user A B C, it doesn’t work.
Very strange and I’m not sure how to proceed now. Office was already reinstalled.