Is it possible to use Outlook Web Access account via Outlook (PC Access)?

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Brian Tillman said:
There are no such things, as far as I know, as a "light" and "full"
versions of OWA. There's only one version of OWA, I believe, and it's
whatever is offered by your version of Exchange.
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Yes i think i've come to the end - i now access my email/contacts/calendar
via some half-baked, web-based version of Outlook (not Outlook
application) - it's total pants - but nothing has been installed on my
machine

i have seen it documented that there are full-featured versions (with proper
calendar as per Outlook application) around - i obviously can't upgrade
something that isn't even installed on my machine in first place

Looks like i'll just have to live with it
 
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this - I thought it was OWA that
There are no such things, as far as I know, as a "light" and "full"
versions of OWA. There's only one version of OWA, I believe, and it's
whatever is offered by your version of Exchange.
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Technically there is a OWA light and premium: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997437.aspx,
table 2.

It's not a different product, mind. It's mostly based on your web browser.
IE will get you more features than Firefox. But it isn't like the Exchange
admin can install one but not the other, although I'd wager they could lock
all users into Light if they wanted. Maybe. IT's been a while since I had
to do any admin work in that side of the world.
 
It's not versions. Perhaps a proper term for it is "option". OWA login form
allows us to choose "OWA light" option which gives us less feature but
faster access.
 
Technically there is a OWA light and premium:
Well, I'll be.
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They aren't different products, really. But yeah. The premium version actually
makes it worth it to run IE. For that, at least. =)
 
Yes, you can force everyone into owa lite -
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080619.htm#2

You can't force owa premium, other than by redirecting other browsers so
they can't log into owa, which is not recommended.

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although I'd wager they could lock all users into Light if they wanted.
Maybe.
Yes, you can force everyone into owa lite -
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080619.htm#2
You can't force owa premium, other than by redirecting other browsers
so they can't log into owa, which is not recommended.
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I thought so. A couple quick queries wasn't turning anything up and it wasn't
entirely relevant so I didn't exert too much effort =)

But, one has to ask, why isn't it recommended to block non MS browsers?
I mean, I'm a Chrome guy, but I can see why an IT Exec might want this.
 
What if IE isn't working and tech support is sending you instructions on how
to fix it, but you can only access email using IE? :)

While IE doesn't break much, its also not available on every device you
might want to use to check email - Mac, linux, cell phone browser etc.

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