RPC over HTTP

[Brian_Scannell]

I am a new user of Office on the Mac, having always used Windows in the past. I have managed to set-up Office 2008 on my new Macbook Air and connected to the Exchange Server in the office, but I am now wondering about accessing my e-mail when I am away from the office.

On my Windows notebook, my systems admin staff configured my machine to use "RPC over HTTP" to enable me to connect to Exchange Server whenever I had an internet connection. I have absolutely no idea what was involved, but the functionality was great!

Is it possible to configure the Mac and Office 2008 to use this functionality?

My tech support and systems admin staff are Windows-only, so they are struggling to cope with me deciding to go Mac! I'd be very grateful for any assistance anyone can offer.

Thanks, Brian

 

[Adam Bailey]

On my Windows notebook, my systems admin staff configured my machine to
use "RPC over HTTP" to enable me to connect to Exchange Server whenever I
had an internet connection. I have absolutely no idea what was involved,
but the functionality was great!

Is it possible to configure the Mac and Office 2008 to use this
functionality?

Entourage does things a bit differently, it can access an Exchange server
remotely using Outlook Web Access - which must be enabled on the server (it
usually is).

It may be as simple as plugging in your OWA address into the appropriate
spot in the account setup. http://(yourserver)/exchange/ or something
similar.

For more information about configuring Entourage for an Exchange account,
see <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/exchange/exchangeathome.html>.

 

[Brian_Scannell]

Adam - many thanks for your help. Before starting to change my account settings, could I just confirm something.

I have used Outlook Web Access on my Windows machine, but purely as a web interface via Internet Explorer - not via Outlook. I have done the same on my Mac via Safari and it works OK, but (obviously) only works when I am on-line.

Is this what you are referring to or can Entourage link to Exchange Server directly through OWA? That would have the advantage of updating my machine so that I could work offline and then everything would update when I next connected.

To summarise, are you recommending OWA via a webpage or are you suggesting that Entourage itself connect to the server that way?

Many thanks, Brian

 

[Adam Bailey]

To summarise, are you recommending OWA via a webpage or are you suggesting
that Entourage itself connect to the server that way?

The latter.

 

[Brian_Scannell]

Excellent - I will investigate further. Many thanks, Brian