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
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> users@sogo.nu
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