How to manually add a shared mailbox in Outlook.

This tutorial is written, if that doesn't happen. * Note: Normally, any shared mailbox you create will be automatically added to Microsoft Outlook (desktop app), or to Outlook on the web, when the users that have permissions in the mailbox, will restart Outlook. This tutorial contains detailed instructions on how to add and use a shared mailbox in Outlook desktop application or in Outlook Web App (OWA). Additionally, by using a shaded mailbox the members of the group can share the same contact list and a calendar to create and share their appointments. that can be used by members of a group to reply to emails from the next available member of the group. But I lack a statement from Microsoft (or have not found it) that recommends the server method.If you have setup a shared mailbox in Office 365, and you want to access the shared mailbox in Outlook for desktop or in Outlook for Web (OWA) then continue reading this tutorial. As you may know, a shared mailbox 'offers' a central email address (e.g. ).įrankly, I would like to encourage the customer to move away from local outlook account settings towards the server method of sharing mailboxes. I have a certain (special) need that is apparently only working with the 'older' version of mailbox sharing (see. When using Office 365 with Outlook 365 (Office 2016), is the 'older' (client method) version for mailbox sharing still. I call it the 'client method for mailbox sharing'. The 'older' version of this is to open an andditional mailbox in the users local Outlook account setting.

I call it the 'server method for mailbox sharing'. Automapping will make sure that the local Outlook user is going to see the shared mailbox automatically.

One can share a mailbox with the Add-OutlookPermission cmdlet on the Exchange server.

Outlook 365 open shared mailbox