WHS Outlook

WHS Outlook is a Windows Home Server® add-in that integrates Microsoft Outlook® with the Windows Home Server Console application. WHS Outlook allows a single installation of Microsoft Outlook to be shared by up to 10 different client PC’s via the Windows Home Server Console. Using the Remote Access features of Windows Home Server, you can even gain full access to all of your Microsoft Outlook e-mail, contacts, calendar, etc. from anywhere in the world that Internet access is available.

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Installation Notes

Before installing WHS Outlook, you will need to perform a Remote Desktop Connection to your Windows Home Server as the Administrator and install a copy of Microsoft Outlook directly on your home server.

Be sure to install the Outlook application into its default location on your home server’s SYS (C:) drive (and NOT on the server’s DATA (D:) drive!). Also, when the time comes, be sure to save your Outlook PST file to a shared folder on the home server’s DATA (D:) drive.

Once you have Outlook installed, fully updated, and running properly on your Administrator’s desktop, you can then go ahead install the WHS Outlook add-in into the Windows Home Server Console (just as you would any other Windows Home Server add-in).

After the WHS Outlook add-in has been installed, open the Windows Home Server Console, click on “Settings“, locate the new ”WHS Outlook” settings tab, click the “Configure” button, and turn on User Accounts access. You may also enable Web Site access at this time if so desired. After that, you can choose which of your Windows Home Server users you want to allow access to WHS Outlook, and follow the on-screen prompts to begin using the add-in.