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I tried to connect to Outlook over QuickConnect, and it didn work. Why can I use Microsoft networking with QuickConnect?

April 26, 2017Connect Microsoft networking outlook quickconnect

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I tried to connect to Outlook over QuickConnect, and it didn work. Why can I use Microsoft networking with QuickConnect?

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Microsoft uses port 135 and several others for networking among Windows machines. However, because of ongoing problems with the Blaster worm and others, most entry points to the campus network have blocked the Microsoft-specific ports. For more information, see the Microsoft section of QuickConnect and security. Note: There is one configuration of Outlook 2003 which can work with QuickConnect. If you have Outlook 2003 running on Windows XP with Service Pack 1 and patch #331320, you can use RPC over HTTP to connect to the CITES Exchange server. See http://exchange.ds.illinois.edu/OffCampus.aspx for more information. If you can’t run RPC over HTTP (whether because you have a different version of Outlook, you’re not running XP SP 1 with patch 331320, or you’re connecting to a different Exchange server which doesn’t support it), then you probably won’t be able to use Outlook through QuickConnect.

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Microsoft uses port 135 and several others for networking among Windows machines. However, because of ongoing problems with the Blaster worm and others, most entry points to the campus network have blocked the Microsoft-specific ports. For more information, see the Microsoft section of QuickConnect and security. Note: There is one configuration of Outlook 2003 which can work with QuickConnect. If you have Outlook 2003 running on Windows XP with Service Pack 1 and patch #331320, you can use RPC over HTTP to connect to the CITES Exchange server. See Accessing Exchange from Off Campus for more information. If you can’t run RPC over HTTP (whether because you have a different version of Outlook, you’re not running XP SP 1 with patch 331320, or you’re connecting to a different Exchange server which doesn’t support it), then you probably won’t be able to use Outlook through QuickConnect.