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How to configure Outlook 2003 on Windows XP Pro to access Shared Exchange services.

Escape Key supports the latest technology for accessing Microsoft Exchange called RPC-over-HTTPS. The primary benefit of this technology is secure access to our Shared Exchange services without the need for a VPN connection.

You must have the following prerequisites in order to use the HTTP/RPC feature:

• Your workstation is running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed (or SP1 with Hotfix Q331320)
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 is installed on your workstation
• Your workstation has been configured to connect to the Internet

Once these prerequisites are met, do the following:

• Go to your Outlook mail settings from Start > Control Panel > Mail.
• Click the ‘Show Profiles’ button and press ‘Add’ for a new profile.
• Specify your Profile Name and click Next to Add a new e-mail account.
• Choose ‘Microsoft Exchange Server’ and go Next.
• Specify your Exchange Server Name on the Next page and type your Exchange Mailbox Username.
• Click ‘More Settings’ button. If prompted for a password, click Cancel.
• Navigate to Connection tab.
• Check ‘Connect to my Exchange mailbox using HTTP’ option and click ‘Exchange Proxy Settings’ button
• Specify Exchange Proxy Settings:
  • Type the URL for your Proxy Server in the 'Use this URL to connect to my proxy server for Exchange' field.
    
  • Make sure that both ‘On fast networks...’ and ‘On slow networks...’ options are checked
  • Choose ‘Basic Authentication’ as ‘Proxy Authentication settings’
• Press OK, Apply, Next and Finish and OK to save changes.
• Start Outlook.

 

More information can be found in our Hosted Exchange Knowledge Base.