Any user login with outlook 2003

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I am trying to find out if there is any way to have multiple users login to
the exchange 2k3 server from outlook 2003.
What I am tring to do is have a single login (i.e. users) into active
directory. Then setup a profile in Outlook that will prompt the user for
their username and password to login to the exchange server (i.e. user1,
user2, user3 etc...).
We are currnetly migrating from Groupwise 6.5 to Exchange 2k3. On the
Groupwise system, there is an option to login to Groupwise as any user. This
option allows any user to authenticate to his e-mail on the Groupwise server.
I dont know of any options like this for Exchange 2k3. Is there an option
like this or is there any way to configure a profile to do this?

Thanks
Doug

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The usual way to manage this with outlook is to have each user log into Windows with their user name and password and have Outlook configure the mail profile using that information. Microsoft uses text files with a ..prf extension and a highly structured format to provide information to OUtlook that enables Outlook to create or modify a mail profile. You can create such .prf files with the Custom Installation Wizard or Custom Maintenance Wizard tools in the Office Resource Kit. For more details, including a variety of .prf deployment methods, read the excellent white paper "Configuring Outlook Profiles by Using a PRF File" at http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?assetid=HA011403051033&QueryID=pHm7c_60I&respos=3

The page at http://www.slipstick.com/exs/olroam.htm includes information on other profile tools and resources including some tools for "walkup profiles" if users share a Windows login.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers