Outlook for Mac 2011 won't connect with corporate Exchange server. Discussion in 'OS X Yosemite (10.10)' started by Kerberos3004. Note that Outlook 2011 requires Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 4 or later'. Since upgrading my iMac and an Macbook Air to Yosemite 10.10 and Office for Mac 2011 to 14.4.5, Outlook refuses to connect. Note that Outlook 2011 requires Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Update Rollup 4 or later.' When I try to connect to my Office 365 account. BTW, I can connect fine to the same exchange server from Outlook 2013 on Windows.

If not already in place, configure an Autodiscover record as detailed in the. Open Outlook 2011 from quick launch, or in the applications, Microsoft Office 2011 folder. If Outlook is being opened for the first time, or no accounts exist the first screenshot below will be presented. Click on Exchange Account to begin the configuration.

With any preexisting account, go to Tools and then click Accounts to open the Accounts screen. From within that window click the small addition symbol in the lower left corner, and select Exchange., as indicted in the second image.
Enter the following, or select the appropriate options in the associated fields: • Email Address: The primary email address of the mailbox. • Authentication: Username and password • User name: The primary email address of the mailbox. • Configure Automatically: Checked.
Once the settings are confirmed for accuracy click the Add Account button. Outlook will now attempt to connect to the Exchange Server, and acquire the mailbox settings. After roughly one minute a warning will appear asking to allow this server to configure settings.
Check the box Always use my response for this server, and then click Allow. Outlook will finalize the account setup, and then return to the accounts screen. Enter a distinctive name for the Account Description field, and the full name of the mailbox user under Full name. After those fields are completed, close the accounts window to go to the inbox.
With setup now complete, Outlook will begin to download mail data from the server starting with the newest piece of mail, and working back to the oldest. During the download no new email will come in, but email can be sent out. Depending on the size of the mailbox this may take a few minutes to a couple of hours. Outlook 2011 Manual Setup. Open Outlook 2011 from the quick launch bar, or in the applications Microsoft Office 2011 folder. If Outlook is being opened for the first time, or no accounts exist the first screenshot below will be presented. Click on Exchange Account to begin the configuration.