Outlook Says Disconnected and Trying to Connect. Sounds Familiar?
Many people from organizations all over the world use Microsoft Outlook as their default email client on Windows. It’s a well known tool that has been constantly improved and now part of the Office 365 collaboration suite. It’s great as long as it’s working properly. But, for many users Outlook seems to be disconnecting in the worst possible moments.
The reason for your Outlook disconnects is most likely a poor connection to the Internet. You can try to reconnect it, but that won’t solve the problem of being disconnected again… and again. You need a fast, stable and secure connection for your Outlook. Read below how to get that for you and your team members.
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Outlook Disconnected from Exchange – Why That Happens
Outlook disconnected – how to reconnect? That’s a question many people ask, but unfortunately they only think of a quick solution to patch things. Here’s what I mean.
The most common cause of disconnected Outlook is actually the Internet you’re using. When you have a slow or unreliable Internet connection, Outlook isn’t able to work properly. Sometimes, you may not even realize that your Outlook is disconnected until you check the status bar or try and use the service.
Your device is exchanging a complex set of data packets with the Microsoft email servers. If your Wi-Fi connection has a momentary blip or your cellular connection fluctuates, some of the flow of those packets gets interrupted. It can take a few moments for the data to catch up.
This results in Outlook looking disconnected and you not being to send or receive emails.
Outlook Disconnected – How to Reconnect and Make Sure You Won’t Be Disconnected Again
As mentioned above, Outlook is dependent on how stable your Internet connection is. But before you blame it on your Wi-Fi – check if you’ve set your Outlook to work in offline mode – see here.
If that’s not the issue, then you have to look at your Internet connection. At this time, whether you’re using a laptop, a desktop computer or a mobile device, it only uses one connection at a time. Even though you may be connected to both WiFi and cellular data on your smartphone, it’ll use only one of them. So, the solution for fast, reliable and secure Internet is simple: use a secure channel bonding service for your organization, like Speedify for Teams.
Speedify for Teams improves the performance of Outlook for your whole team. That’s because it improves your Internet connection. The Speedify app works by monitoring the quality of your Internet connections in the background and can bond all available connections simultaneously in a single “pipe”. This improves your bandwidth and connection reliability, avoiding Outlook disconnected statuses.
If you are moving between Wi-Fi networks, or your Wi-Fi or cellular network suddenly go out, you stay connected because Speedify for Teams intelligently and automatically reroutes your data until you are connected again to both networks. Best of all, you don’t notice anything because Speedify takes care of it all in the background.
How Speedify for Teams VPN Provides Better Internet so Your Email Communication Won’t Suffer
With Speedify for Teams VPN, you don’t have to trade security for Internet speed. It allows you to have both. The channel bonding technology can use multiple Internet connections at the same time. This provides faster, more stable Internet, and doesn’t slow down your connection like the other VPNs will do.
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If you are tired of not being able to send and receive email, get rid of Outlook disconnects once and for all and get Speedify for Teams today!
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