Applies ToOutlook for Microsoft 365 for Mac Outlook 2016 for Mac

Internet directory services, also known as LDAP services, are used to find e-mail addresses that are not in your local Outlook contacts. Directory services search directories on other servers to look up names and other information that can then be viewed in Outlook. You can locate an LDAP server on the Internet, on your organization's intranet, or through another company that hosts an LDAP server.

Outlook for Mac

  1. On the Tools menu, select Accounts.

  2. Select the target account, then select Directory Service.

  3. Enter the information for your directory service, and then select Add Account.

Legacy Outlook for Mac

  1. On the Tools menu, select Accounts.

  2. In the lower-left corner of the Accounts dialog box, select Add  Add an account button, and then select Directory Service.

  3. Enter the information for your directory service, and then select Add Account.

    Notes: 

    • After you add the account, you can select the authentication method, if it is required.

    • To set LDAP search options after you add the account, in the Accounts dialog box, select Advanced.

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