Deploying Outlook 2000

How to Customize Outlook 2000 Installation

As part of Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Outlook 2000 installation is highly customizable. By using the Office Custom Installation Wizard, you can specify which features you want installed, whether they should run from the local hard disk or the network, which configuration to use, and so on.

Specify installation states for Outlook 2000 features

You can specify installation states for many features in Outlook 2000 when you customize the Office 2000 installation.

To set installation states for Outlook 2000 features

1. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
2. On the Set Feature Installation States panel, click the plus sign (+) next to Microsoft Outlook for Windows to expand the feature tree.
3. Click the down arrow next to the feature you want to set, and then select the installation state to use for that feature.

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Specify Outlook 2000 configuration options

You can specify the Outlook 2000 configuration for all of your users when you customize the Office 2000 installation.

To specify the Corporate or Workgroup e-mail configuration

1. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
2. On the Customize Outlook Installation Options panel, click Customize Outlook profile and account information.
3. In the Configuration type box, select Corporate or Workgroup Settings.
4. Click an item in the left pane of the Settings area, and enter the settings you want to use in the right pane.

For a Corporate or Workgroup configuration, you can supply settings for profile information, services, forms, Exchange server, personal folders, and so on.

To specify the default Internet Only e-mail configuration

1. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
2. On the Customize Outlook Installation Options panel, click Customize Outlook profile and account information.
3. In the Configuration type box, select Internet Only Settings.
4. Click an item in the left pane of the Settings area, and enter the settings you want to use in the right pane.

For an Internet Only configuration, you can supply settings for a POP3 or LDAP account, such as account settings, dial-up networking settings, security settings, and so on.

You can also select a configuration on the Modify Setup Properties panel in the Office Custom Installation Wizard.

To specify an Outlook configuration with Setup properties

1. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
2. On the Modify Setup Properties panel, select the OutlookConfiguration property, and click Modify.
3. In the Value box, select one of the following:

   Corporate or Workgroup

   Internet Only

   Ask user when Outlook first runs.

   The Ask user when Outlook first runs setting is the default for Outlook 2000.

Note   Options set on the Modify Setup Properties panel take precedence over those set on the Customize Outlook Installation Options panel.

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Set Outlook as the default mail, calendar, contacts, and news application

Outlook 2000 can be registered with Windows as the default application for e-mail messages, calendar information, contact information, and news. In this scenario, Outlook handles the basic functional tasks that other applications request. For example, as the default e-mail application, Outlook creates e-mail items when a user click a mail-to URL in a Web browser, or when a user sends an e-mail message from another application, such as Microsoft Word.

When Outlook 2000 is started the first time, if it is not already the default application, the user is prompted to make Outlook the default. You can also automatically set Outlook as the default application by using the Office Custom Installation Wizard. You can choose to make Outlook the default application for only e-mail messaging; for e-mail messages, calendar, and contacts information; or for all such information, including news.

To set Outlook as the default mail, calendar, contacts, or news application

1. Start the Custom Installation Wizard.
2. On the Modify Setup Properties panel, click the OUTLOOKASDEFAULTAPP property, and then click Modify.
3. In the Value box, select one of the following values:

   All (the default setting)

   Mail Only

   Mail, Calendar, Contacts

   Ask user when Outlook first runs