Outlook 2010 - server unavailable - clicking Retry works

I'm just installing Office 2010 on a Win2k8 R2 server with Remote Desktop Services (Exchange server is 2010).  When I start Outlook I get the message "exchange server unavailable", click Retry.  So I click Retry and after a minute Outlook launches. 
The whole process takes longer than it should I'm sure, but it's consistent: every time at Outlook launch; wait, click Retry, wait, success.  Any ideas what I should check?
Thanks
Mark 

Hi,
Try to test the problem in Windows Safe mode with networking to check if the problem is caused by the
background
programs. If the issue persists, reinstall outlook 2010 and see if the issue persists.
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