Outlook Web ACCESS (short OWA) is one of Microsoft used technology to the access to a E-Mail p.o. box over Internet.

In the function OWA resembles that more spread Webmail. Over a Webmail portal one accesses usually however usually private Mails, e.g. a Mailpostfach its Providers or an Freemail offerer, thus such p.o. boxes, which could be also queried by the mechanism of a Mailclients (see POP3). With OWA however one develops a connection to a Exchange Mailserver, purely by the use of a Browsers and proven HTTP minutes. This technology is used frequently in companies, over e.g. To make possible field representatives or the coworkers after office hours from at home the access to their Firmenmails.

For the increase of security also HTTPS minutes can be used or forced. OWA since that time was implemented for the first time in Exchange 5,5 and is a firm component of the Exchange versions (2000, 2003). In the meantime one receives a surface, which can be differentiated optically hardly to more of that of the Outlook Clients when using OWA by the Internet Explorer. Beside the p.o. box with the files "“post office entrance"”, "“post office exit"”, "“sent objects"” and "“drafts"” one receives also access to from Outlook admitted functions like the calendar, the task management or the notes.

Since one works directly in principle by OWA on the Exchangeserver, all changes apply, even if one is connected later by Outlook its p.o. box. Thus appear read or unread marked messages with OWA and with access over Outlook always same e.g. as.

See also

• Outlook mobile ACCESS - access to an Exchange account via a mobile phone

Related links

• English web page also left to OWA articles
• Many useful Tipps for the setting-up of OWA

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