Microsoft Outlook For Mac 2011
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Original KB number: 2800895
Outlook 2016 for Mac, Outlook for Mac for Office 365; In this article. Original KB number: 3009176. After you migrate to Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac from Outlook for Mac 2011, you notice that the category colors that are assigned to your categories are changed. Outlook for Mac 2011 uses a local list of categories. Outlook 2016 for Mac, Outlook for Mac for Office 365; In this article. Original KB number: 2649169. Consider the following scenario: You try to transfer data from Outlook 2016 for Mac or Outlook for Mac 2011, such as email and contacts, to Outlook for Windows. To do this, you try to import the.olm file that was exported from Outlook. Whereas Outlook for Mac 2011 doesn't support the archive feature, Outlook 2016 for Mac does support the archive feature. When you use Outlook 2016 for Mac, you can access your archive and move mail items into your archive. More information. You can create an archive mailbox for a.
We do not recommend that you change the default location of your Profile folder for Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac, or your Identity folder for Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 to an external hard disk or to a network. Additionally, using a mail identity or profile that is located on an external hard disk or on a network is not supported in either version of Outlook for Mac.
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Outlook 2016 for Mac caches your mail items in a profile in your home folder at the following location:
~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles
Outlook for Mac 2011 caches your mail items in an identity in your home folder at the following location:
~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities
Like Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2008, Outlook 2016 for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2011 are intended to be purely locally cached mail clients. Changing the location or using a mail identity that is located on an external hard disk or a network is not supported.
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Original KB number: 2830042
Problem
When you try to set up Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 to use the archive mailbox feature in Exchange Online for Office 365, your attempt fails.
Workaround
To work around this behavior, use Outlook Web App for mail, and apply retention policies in Exchange Online. Use the following settings when you apply the retention policies:
| Tag name | Tag type | Retention age limit (days) | Retention action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal 1-years move to archive | Personal | 365 | Move to archive |
| Personal 5-years move to archive | Personal | 1825 | Move to archive |
| *Personal never move to archive | Personal | No age limit | Move to archive |
| *This tag is not enabled by default. Items that have this retention tag are either never moved or never deleted. |
For more information about retention policies in Exchange Online, see Retention tags and retention policies.
Whereas Outlook for Mac 2011 doesn't support the archive feature, Outlook 2016 for Mac does support the archive feature. When you use Outlook 2016 for Mac, you can access your archive and move mail items into your archive.
More information
You can create an archive mailbox for a user's primary cloud-based mailbox. Users can use the archive mailbox (also known as a personal archive) to store historical messaging data by moving or copying messages from their primary mailbox to their archive mailbox. The archived messages reside in the cloud, and users can access the messages by using Outlook 2016 for Mac, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010, or Outlook Web App.
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For more information about the archive mailbox feature in Exchange Online, see Enable or disable an archive mailbox in Exchange Online.
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