Hi, following solution worked for me to get back the "old" gui which allows to configure EAS manually:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3189194/how-to-disable-simplified-account-creation-in-outlook-2016 Cheers, Thomas On Monday, October 02, 2017 07:20 CEST, "\"Jean-Philippe Ghibaudo\"" (jean-philippe.ghiba...@oca.eu) <users@sogo.nu> wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for the downgrade method. It work for sure but how long? > > I guess we have to deal with the fact that EAS is not an option anymore. > > OpenChange is probably the best way to replace EAS. Too bad, it was easy to > install as well as to configure. > > -- > Jean-Philippe Ghibaudo > > > > Le 30 septembre 2017 13:03:31 "Christian Jensen" (c...@cjpg.dk) > <users@sogo.nu> a écrit : > > > Den 29-09-2017 kl. 13:51 skrev Gerald Brandt (g...@majentis.com): > >> > >> On 2017-09-29 06:02 AM, "Jean-Philippe Ghibaudo" > >> (jean-philippe.ghiba...@oca.eu) wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> The fact is not everybody has the same version of Office > >>> You can have differed updates as well as monthly updates. > >>> > >>> I've the last stable version and your guide is not working anymore. > >>> The GUI has changed and you can no longer configure any EAS account > >>> manually. > >>> > >>> There's only Exchange with autodiscovery. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> *Jean-Philippe Ghibaudo* > >>> > >>> > >> > >> This is correct. The GUI has completely changed and manual setup is no > >> longer available. PITA. > >> > >> Gerald > >> > >> -- > >> users@sogo.nu > >> https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists > > > > Granted that they made lots of changes in the past few months, that came > > as a surprise.. > > > > > > so here's how to downgrade office so you can add your account, once you > > added your account upgrade office again :) > > > > Follow the guide. > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2770432/how-to-revert-to-an-earlier-version-of-office-2013-or-office-2016-clic > > > > > > This is what i did this morning on new laptop > > > > open cmd.exe as admin. > > > > ~# cd %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun > > > > ## note the version number 'June 13, 2017 Version 1705 (Build 8201.2102)' > > > > ~# officec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.8201.2102 > > > > open 'Control Panel > Mail' and click on New account .... and we have > > the old ui back :) :) > > > > once your account is added start outlook 2016, > > > > this works for me, hope this will help, i know not user friendly but it > > works > > > > -- > > Hilsen / Regards > > Christian Jensen > > > > -- > > users@sogo.nu > > https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists > -- > users@sogo.nu > https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists -- users@sogo.nu https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists
