Adding a shared mailbox in Outlook

A not infrequent question at work, is how to add a second mailbox in Outlook. Here’s how:

• Open Outlook
• Click File
• Go to Account settings, then account settings again
• Double click your current account
• Click “More settings” in the Server settings tab
• Go to the “Advanced” tab, and click add
• Add the mailboxes you want to add.

I generally also uncheck the box for downloading shared folders, as these can often be too large to have everything downloaded, and Outlook often hangs while downloading them.