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Just wondering if anyone is using Exchange and not taking advantage of direct connection from home using RPC/HTTP?

Couldn't live without it. Using it on my phone, desktop, and laptop.

I noticed some people use VPN and then use Exchange because they didn't know you have to use the FQDN when you type in the username.

Exactly. I get email on my home Outlook before it hits work. IT is so cool, I just wanted to share it if necessary.

Actually wrote a guide for it. It was for our biller.

Just wanted to prove that Sandeep and I were the only ones with Exchange and Outlook. Sandeep, I think you lost the bet. Why would anyone want Outlook connected directly to Exchange?

Just threw the idea out there. Not saying it's a must.

Snapple, I lost lol. Maybe everyone else who has it already knows how to use it.

Just a note to anyone who has Exchange and isn't using it. You're missing out. Synchronization of contacts, mail, calendars, etc. across devices. Even when you get a new phone, all your contacts sync.

Yeah, but the coolest thing is having Outlook on your home computer and it is actually ACCESSING Exchange.

Not talking about web mail that syncs with Outlook. And, it takes ten seconds.

I guess what I am saying is I learn a ton from on here, and I already have the means to do it, just didn't know.

Unlike some things I tout such as SharePoint where even though it is free, you do have to make some effort to install it.

This thread is only to reach out (that seems to be the new buzz word nowadays) to those who are already using Exchange, how it would only take maybe 15 minutes to set that up.

Snapples are awesome.

Yea I know. It's just that with Outlook and POP3, when you read an email, your other devices don't know. Or if you create a folder or something. IMAP isn't available offline. Pretty much using Outlook's interface instead of the web one. Everything you do on IMAP is reflected on the actual server. Exchange gives you the best of both worlds. Offline mail and synchronization of your activities. Read on one computer means read on all computers. It's also available offline. That's what I meant.

Also on mobile devices, you can upload and sync all of your contacts to the Exchange Server. Anything you add on your computer or phone will be reflected on both devices. If you lose your phone, you can just reconnect the new one to the Exchange Server and have all of your contacts. It also enables security policies on your phone to make it more secure as well offering remote erase. Meaning if you were to misplace your phone and you had confidential emails, you can remotely erase it.