# Exchange ActiveSync: Setup Outlook 2013 for Windows

Important Notes

- SOGo provides EAS (Exchange ActiveSync) support, but not EWS (Exchange Web Service).
- Outlook 2013, 2016 for Windows works well with EAS.
- Mainstream mobile devices (iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10) work well with EAS, they can sync mails, calendars, contacts, tasks.
- Apple Mail.app, and Outlook for Mac support EWS. But not EAS.
- Outlook 2010 for Windows supports MAPI.

iRedMail doesn't integrate OpenChange and Samba4 for native MAPI support.

## Requirements

- iRedMail-0.9.0 or later releases is required.
- You must choose to install SOGo groupware during iRedMail installation.
- Outlook 2013 for Windows. Earlier releases of Outlook for Windows doesn't work.

## Step-by-step configuration

1: Open application `Outlook 2013`:

2: Add a new account in Outlook, in `Auto Account Setup` page, please choose `Manual setup or additional server types`, then click `Next`:

3: In `Choose Service` page, please choose `Outlook.com or Exchange ActiveSync compatible service`, then click `Next`:

4: In `Server Settings` page, fill up the form with your server address and email account credential, then click `Next`:

- Your Name: `your full name`
- E-mail Address: `your full email address`
- Mail server: `your server name or IP address`
- User Name: `your full email address`
- Password: `password of your email account`

After you click `Next`, Outlook will start verifying your email account, please wait and you will see below screen after verified:

That's all.

## References

- SOGo web site

- Outlook plugins:

  - Outlook CalDav Synchronizer

    > Outlook Plugin, which synchronizes events, tasks and contacts(beta) between Outlook and Google, SOGo, Horde or any other CalDAV or CardDAV server. Supported Outlook versions are 2016, 2013, 2010 and 2007.

- How to disable Simplified Account Creation in Outlook 2016