ost data file for the account as the "default data file" for the Outlook profile. #3 - Once the account has been added, set the. #2 - Next, you need to add the account to Outlook desktop - just add the account by entering the email address/password for the account and Outlook desktop will do the rest If it's not an address then you need to add a NEW alias address and make it the primary alias as described inĪdd or remove an email alias in #1 - If you're going to use the account associated with your MS Account (both use the same log in credentials), you need to make sure that the for the account is an address. Something else that is important to understand is that using an account for the purposes of sharing contact/calendar data does not mean you also have to use it for email. Regardless, there is an account associated with your MS Account).
('365 implies you have a subscription - anything else is a retail (one-time purchase) of Office.
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You can create a new free for this purpose or use the one that is associated with the MS Account for whatever version of Office you're using. You do require an Exchange based email account - a free account will serve that purpose.
To get something out of the way, you do not need to purchase an Exchange account to get the functionality you're looking for in terms of contacts/calendar items. You cannot share contact/calendar data between an IMAP or POP account with an account. Is the email account that you're referring to (1) an Outlook,com account or (2) is it from another provider which is configured as IMAP?įor the sake of this reply, am going to assume that the answer to the above is #2. Just to make sure we're both talking about the same thing here