To add a public folder in Outlook on the web, right-click Folders, and then choose Add public folder to Favorites. The Outlook client does not automatically sync public folders with Outlook on the web. In order for users to access their Outlook favorite public folders, they must also add them to their Favorites in Outlook on the web. Or, if the folder is a calendar folder, events appear on the calendar. Messages or contacts in the folder appear in the item list. To view the contents of the folder, click the folder in the navigation pane.The subscribed folder appears in the navigation panel under Subscribed Public Folders.Click the folder that you want to subscribe to, and then click the Subscribe Add button.Folders to which you are already subscribed are displayed in bold. Mail folders are represented by the Public address book icon. To diagnose we have ensured that our root cert is added to the trusted certs in the system. After creating the account in outlook a yellow dot remains next to the account.
In the left panel, under Public Folders, click the Exchange account that you want. We have 1 Mac (osx 10.11.1) user running Outlook 2016, and he is trying to connect to our Exchange 2013 server (Version 15.0 Build 847.32).It’s also not very obvious because the file is hidden to the operating system. On the Tools menu, click Public Folders. We are not certain where this file came from but in our case it was preventing the indexing for search functionality from working.Now that it has been added to your favorites, you will no longer need to navigate through the tree down to your folder. Click Options>, then check both boxes under Subfolders and make sure Add all subfolders is selected for both.To add this to your public folder favorites, right-click on the folder, then click Add to Favorites….Clicking on your Public Folder will allow you to access the contents.If you have already added the folder to Favorites, expand the Favorites folder. Otherwise, navigate through the hierarchy to your public folder.
Expand the Public Folders – folder in the left hand column, where login is your BU username.
Outlook 2016 (if April 2016 update for Outlook 2016 for Mac has been installed).Public folders are available in the following Outlook clients: