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      <title>Outlook fails to open with multiple pop ups post migration to Office 365</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:26:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Some users may experience issues with launching Outlook after migrating from a webmail based systems...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some users may experience issues with launching Outlook after migrating from a webmail based systems that support IMAP and SMTP, after initial successful profile creation. I’ve seen this most commonly when users are migrated from CPanel system and references to previous email systems in DNS are not removed when adding <a href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-DNS-records-for-Office-365-when-you-manage-your-DNS-records-B0F3FDCA-8A80-4E8E-9EF3-61E8A2A9AB23?ui=en-US&amp;rs=en-US&amp;ad=US">Office 365 DNS information</a>.

Since Outlook 2016 implemented Direct Connect method, most common behavior seen has been the initial profile setup completes then Outlook is unable to start.

However, if manually creating a new profile, you may see these messages at time of creation.

<img width="331" height="204" class="alignnone  wp-image-105" alt="cpanel2" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/12/CPanel2-300x185.png" />  <img width="369" height="155" class="alignnone  wp-image-125" alt="cpanel1" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/12/CPanel1-300x126.png" />

Outlook Symptom:

When Outlook is launched after a profile is created connecting user to an Office 365 mailbox, error messages are generated:

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Error 1:</span>

<img width="244" height="108" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-55" alt="error-1" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/12/Error-1.png" />

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Outlook cannot log on. Verify you are connected to the network and are using the proper server and mailbox name. The Microsoft Exchange information service in your profile is missing required information. Modify your profile to ensure that you are using the correct Microsoft Exchange information service.</span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Error 2: </span>

<img width="300" height="127" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-65" alt="error-2" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/12/Error-2-300x127.jpg" />

<span style="font-family: Calibri">System resources are critically low. Close some windows.</span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Error 3:</span>

<img width="300" height="111" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-75" alt="error-3" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/12/Error-3-300x111.png" />

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. The set of folders cannot be opened. The information store could not be opened.</span>

When you run <a href="https://diagnostics.office.com">Support and Recovery Assistant for Office 365</a>, some or all of the following items are detected(logs for Support and Recovery Assistant is located in %USERPROFILE%\appdata\local\SaRAresults"):

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Your Outlook problems are happening because your DNS server settings include both a CNAME and SRV record set. To fix this problem, your Office 365 admin needs to change these DNS settings.</span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Remove SRV record "_autodiscover._tcp.o365tests.net" for domain "O365tests.net". This SRV record, in combination with a CNAME record, prevents Outlook from starting or loading the user's profile</span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">We retrieved user settings (Autodiscover) by using the method: HttpsRootdomain</span>

In addition, hidden autodiscover XML file for user shows non Office 365 mailbox setup information:

<img width="386" height="243" class="alignnone wp-image-85" alt="xmlbad" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/12/XMLBAD-300x189.png" />

<span style="font-family: Calibri">To fix this issue for single client, we need to add following keys to the user’s registry to prevent Outlook from attempting to connect to invalid mail service and from using incorrect last known good configuration then recreate user’s profile with a new profile folder.</span>

Step 1: Use ExcludeLastKnownGoodUrl, HTTPSEXCLUDEROOTDOMAIN, and ExcludeSrvRecord to prevent Outlook attempting to connect user to mailbox on previous email service.

Configure following registry subkeys as follows:

<span style="font-family: Calibri">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\<em>x.0</em>\Outlook\Autodiscover </span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">DWORD: <strong>ExcludeLastKnownGoodUrl</strong> </span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Value: 1</span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\<em>x.0</em>\Outlook\Autodiscover </span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">DWORD: <strong>EXCLUDEHTTPSROOTDOMAIN</strong> </span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">V</span><span style="font-family: Calibri">alue: 1</span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\x.0\Outlook\Autodiscover </span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">DWORD: <strong>ExcludeSrvRecord</strong> </span>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Value: 1</span>

Step 2: Rename, backup, or remove the "%USERPROFILE%\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook” folder

Step 3: Recreate user's profile

If you are an administrator or have access to modify tenant’s DNS, follow instruction provided by Support and Recovery Assistance to removed references to Webmail service with IMAP and SMTP in DNS with only necessary records to allow users to connect to new Office 365 mailbox.

Only CNAME record for autodiscover.&lt;domain&gt;.&lt;suffix&gt; to autodiscover.outlook.com is required to connect user to Office 365 mailbox in most deployments.

Support message provided by Support and Recovery Assistant for Office 365:

<em>Only make this change if migration to Office 365 is complete for the organization and that there are no remaining users or applications that utilize IMAP based web mail service utilizing same domain.</em>

<span style="font-family: Calibri">This SRV record, in combination with a CNAME record, prevents Outlook from starting or loading the user’s profile. 1. Go to your domain hosting provider’s website (for example, GoDaddy, 1&amp;1 Internet, or Register365). 2. Remove SRV record “_autodiscover._tcp.office365.net”. If you recently modified the DNS records, you need to wait up to 72 hours for the DNS records to fully replicate on the Internet.</span>

<img width="344" height="258" class="alignnone wp-image-145" alt="forblog" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/12/ForBlog-300x225.jpg" />

Additional Information:

<a href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-DNS-records-for-Office-365-when-you-manage-your-DNS-records-B0F3FDCA-8A80-4E8E-9EF3-61E8A2A9AB23?ui=en-US&amp;rs=en-US&amp;ad=US">Create DNS records for Office-365 when you manage your DNS records</a>

<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3049615">You can’t create new Outlook profiles, view free/busy information, or connect to a shared mailbox or a public folder in Office 365</a>

<a href="After%20migration%20to%20Office%20365,%20Outlook%20doesn't%20connect%20or%20web%20services%20don't%20work">After migration to Office 365, Outlook doesn’t connect or web services don’t work</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Hello world!</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Poorna Sekhar Sainu]]></dc:creator>
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