Windows ======= On Windows you can connect Outlook using ActiveSync. You can synchronize: - Files - Outlook Calendar - Outlook Contacts - Outlook E-mail Outlook / Windows 10 -------------------- Note: This guide describes Outlook but this kind of ActiveSync account also works for the Windows 10 Mail, People and Calendar app. To setup an ActiveSync account take the following steps: 1. Open Outlook and click "File". 2. Then click "Add account". .. figure:: /_static/windows-eas/1-add-account.png :width: 400px 3. Select "Manual setup" and click "Next". .. figure:: /_static/windows-eas/2-manual-setup.png :width: 400px 4. Choose "Outlook.com or Exchange ActiveSync compatible service" and click "Next". .. figure:: /_static/windows-eas/3-eas.png :width: 400px 5. In the next screen you must adjust your server settings. It will prefill the username with the e-mail address and the server name with the domain from your e-mail address. This is most likely **incorrect**. Please adjust to your Group-Office username and enter the :ref:`server-hostname`. When done click "Next". .. figure:: /_static/windows-eas/4-server-settings.png :width: 400px 6. Outlook will test your settings. If all is well you should see the following screen. .. figure:: /_static/windows-eas/5-test.png :width: 400px 7. Now you must give it some time to sync everything. Then check your contacts, e-mail and calendar for your Group-Office data! .. _assistant-for-windows: Files - Group-Office assistant ------------------------------ The Group-Office Assistant is a small program that you can install on your Windows, MacOS or Linux computer. It will automatically download files opened from Group-Office and monitor it for changes. When the file is saved it automatically uploads it back to Group-Office. `Click here for a video of the installation proces `_ `Click here to download Group-Office Assistant for Windows `_. After installing it you can use it as follows: 1. In Group-Office right click on a file and choose "Open with". 2. Select the "Your desktop application" option to use the assistant. .. figure:: /_static/macos-assistant/4-select-application.png :width: 400px .. note:: If the Assistant doesn't start you might need to install the Microsoft Visual Studio Runtime library: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads .. note:: For Chrome users. You might be annoyed by the popup dialog everytime you open a file. Here's a solution for that: https://superuser.com/questions/1481851/disable-chrome-to-ask-for-confirmation-to-open-external-application-everytime Automated install ````````````````` For advanced options for installing please look at this page: https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=setupcmdline Debug ````` If you want to view debug output from the assistant for some reason. You can launch it from the command prompt with these flags:: "c:\Program Files (x86)\Group-Office Assistant\Group-Office Assistant.exe" -c --console WebDAV ------ Additionally you can map Group-Office as network drive using WebDAV. Connect your client to \https://[:ref:`server-hostname`]/webdav WebDAV client issues ```````````````````` Unfortunately there are some known issues with the native Windows WebDAV implementation: 1. Basic authentication is blocked since updates in 2023: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/security/basic-authentication-prompts-blocked . You can no longer use Microsoft's WebDAV implementation for third party services. 2. When opening office files you have to re-authenticate: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2019105/authentication-requests-when-you-open-office-documents 3. There's a path length limit in both windows and office. So long paths will fail. The URL of your Group-Office counts as path too. We recommend to use a WebDAV client: 1. The :ref:`Group-Office Assistant ` if you don't need it mapped as a drive 2. `Mountain Duck WebDAV client `_, It offers excellent webdav speed and you can also sync your files offline. The downside is that it brings extra costs per user. 3. `RaiDrive `_, A good client that is free to use but does not have offline synchronisation.