Remote Access of Outlook/Exchange (RPC over HTTP)

  1. Left Click Start button à  Control Panel and double-click the Mail icon.

  2. Your Mail Setup screen displays. Click Show Profiles

  3. Your Mail screen displays. Highlight the Outlook profile and click Add.

  4. On the New Profile screen, enter Nevada Exchange and press OK.

  5. When the Add New E-Mail Account Wizard opens, check Manually configure server settings or additional server types

  6. On the Choose E-Mail Service screen, select Microsoft Exchange

  7. On the Microsoft Exchange Settings screen, type this information and click More Settings.
    1. Microsoft Exchange Server:  UNRMBX.UNR.EDU
    2. User Name: Your full NetID user name (e.g., NetID@unr.edu)

  8. If you are prompted for a username and password, click Cancel until it allows you to click More Settings; if you are prompted for a username and password again, click Cancel until you see the Microsoft Exchange screen shown in the next step.
  9. On the Microsoft Exchange screen, select the Security tab and check the box to Encrypt data between Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Exchange.

  10. On the Connection tab, select Connect using my Local Area Network (LAN), then check Connect to my Exchange mailbox using HTTP, and click Exchange Proxy Settings.

  11. On the Microsoft Exchange Proxy Settings screen, complete the following Connection settings:
    1. Under Use this URL to connect to my proxy server for Exchange:, type https://owa.unr.edu
    2. Check Only connect to proxy servers that have this principal name in their certificate:, type msstd:owa.unr.edu
    3. Check both boxes: On fast networks, connect using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP and On slow networks, connect using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP
    4. Under Proxy authentication settings, select Basic Authentication.

  12. Click OK and OK again to go back to the main screen.
  13. Finish the wizard.
  14. Start Microsoft Office Outlook.  Select the profile, Nevada Exchange, and then authenticate using your full NetID username (@unr.edu) and password.
If you do not see the option “Exchange over the Internet,” follow these steps:
  • Make sure you have installed all the latest security and Service Pack updates for Microsoft Office.
    1. To check, go to http://office.microsoft.com
    2. Click Check for Updates
  • Follow the instructions to update your Office product. (You need Administrator-level access to the machine you are applying the updates to.  You may also need the Office media CD.)