Hello Shivara,

The current forum is for developers. I'd recommend asking non-programming questions on the Outlook IT Pro Discussions forum instead.

Why do you need to install the MAPI client on the server?

Anyway, take a look at the Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1 .Is it what you are looking for?

• Edited by Eugene Astafiev 23 hours 19 minutes ago

Hi,

Can we install outlook on Windows Server Core to use it as MAPI client?

I find documentation about Lync Sevrer not supported on Server Core, but did not find anything specific to outlook or MS exchange.

• Moved by Lanlan HuangMicrosoft contingent staff 5 hours 58 minutes ago

Let me repeat again: Outlook runs just fine on a Windows Server OS. As long as it is running as an interactive app, it will be fine. It cannot be used in a service, but that has nothing not do with a server - that limitation applies to all versions of Windows.

More than that, the MAPI system installed by Outlook can be used in a service. The standalone version off MAPI is fine, but it has severe limitations: no Unicode MSG or PST file support to name a couple.

Dmitry,

I understand the difference between a service and server OS. As a rule a server OS is not installed on a client machine and doesn't require running application manually. Most probably a server is set up for doing something in the background. It means applications will be run from a service.

Anyway, I provided a link to install a standalone MAPI version to be able to run it from a service. Outlook is not required in that case. 

The original poster asked about using Outlook for its MAPI system. There are valid reasons to use the Outlook MAPI system over the standalone version. Nobody mentioned Outlook Object Model.

The link you provided is for old (2011) version that does not support ROH connections (the only kind supported by Exchange 2013). To be able to use ROH, one needs to use at least the May 2013 version of MAPI: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39045

There are valid reasons to use the standalone MAPI system over Outlook. Nobody mentioned the goal of installing Outlook on the server OS. That's why I tried to explain pitfalls and suggest using a raw MAPI instead. It is up to the asker which way is to choose.

But I see only criticism to my posts. Why don't just describe pros and cons of each approach?

Looks like Dmitry knows how to run Outlook without UI...

Shivara,

Why do you need to install Outlook on the server? What is your goal? 

• Edited by Eugene Astafiev 14 hours 53 minutes ago