Outlook on Windows Server

Question

Not sure how I can phrase this properly, but here goes:

I have a VM running Windows Server 2016, and I need to install Outlook 2016/2019 to it, to be able to receive email alerts from a third party log listener for an application running on the server.

Couple of concerns:

• Am I able to perform the outlook installation on the server?
• I will be utilizing the 'Run a script' rule on Outlook to download the emails and attachments to a folder. I am able to do this successfully on PCs with outlook, but how about on a server? Does this mean I will constantly need an account to be kept logged in on the server, since I need outlook to be running all the time?

Thanks for the help.

Regards,

GQZQ

Answer 1

Correct. Outlook needs to be open and running to use a run a script rule.

Answer 2

Hi Diane,

Thanks for responding. To confirm, I cannot sign out of the VM at all, and have to stay logged in with the windows account in question. And if somehow the VM went into reboot after maintenance, I would need to log back into the server with the account and run outlook.

Regards,

GQZQ

Answer 3

Hello GQZQ,

You can do it. You will need the account logged in and Outlook open and running.