{"id":310,"date":"2018-01-23T01:03:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T01:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatmail.com\/blog\/?p=310"},"modified":"2025-08-26T02:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:21:55","slug":"enabling-eas-connections-in-outlook-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatmail.com\/blog\/microsoft-outlook\/enabling-eas-connections-in-outlook-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling EAS Connections in Outlook 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some versions of Microsoft Outlook 2016 feature &#8220;Simplified Account Creation&#8221; which does not allow for configuration of mailboxes using Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). 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