Outlook for Mac - security

I just installed Microsoft Office 2011 on a new MacBook Air (OSX 10.8.4). It’s the Office 365 version so it includes Outlook, in addition to Word, Excel andPowerPoint.
I suppose that Outlook is more (?) connected to my network than Word, Excel and PowerPoint...
Does use of Outlook (I have not yet added an email account to the app) create a security vulnerability significantly over and above that associated with Word, Excel andPowerPoint?
I have installed Sophos' free antivirus software on the machine and the firewall is on, but I'd welcome thoughts on whether I should avoid use of Outlook altogether (i.e. rely on Apple's Mail) or if there is limited extra risk from a system security perspective or, whether there are risk-mitigation options.

Hi Carlos,
This forum is for general questions and feedback related to Outlook for Windows. Since the problematic account can work well in Outlook 2010 with Windows 7 but not in Outlook for Mac 2011, I suggest we can ask a question in
Outlook for Mac 2011 forum for more troubleshooting.
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Hi,
According to your description, I notice that Outlook for Mac for Office 365 cannot open shared calendar.
If I misunderstand your concern, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Which account are you used, Exchange account or Microsoft account?
Would you please login OWA and test to open this shared calendar?
Outlook for Mac cannot open the shared calendar which is a sub-calendar, you have to ask calendar owner share all calendars under the default "Calendar" folder.
More details about it, for your reference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2743766
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Hi,
According to your description, I find that there is a single user cannot send email.
I suggest using Outlook on Windows machine and sending emails via this single user to verify whether the emails can be sent.
If the single user can send email via Outlook on Windows machine, it seems an issue on the Mac side.
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Hi all,
we have a strange issue with only with Outlook for Mac Users (version 2011 and the newest Outlook Version (V15) from Office 365) connected to our Exchange Server 2013 SP1. Some emails which we send out to the exactly same recipient are not sent through our
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Want to use Outlook for Mac 2011

Hello!
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If you have outlook on all 3 devices, should be okay. However, I am suggesting you to probably try the Apple's and get used to it as you are using all notebook, phoneme and tab with Apple. Might save you some money with that.

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Hey All
Problem:
Want to view my family share calendar in outlook for mac 2011.
Want to have them sync on the fly (push)
Currently running 2 exchange mailboxes which have their own mailboxes and calendars which you can toggle between.
For the PC this is a relatively straight forward task.. You can add an additional calendar to outlook and you are away. Wife's PC can view her own personal exchange calendar and on a separate tab she can view, edit, print etc the family share calendar.
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Hi,
According to your description, I notice that Outlook for Mac for Office 365 cannot open shared calendar.
If I misunderstand your concern, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Which account are you used, Exchange account or Microsoft account?
Would you please login OWA and test to open this shared calendar?
Outlook for Mac cannot open the shared calendar which is a sub-calendar, you have to ask calendar owner share all calendars under the default "Calendar" folder.
More details about it, for your reference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2743766
Best Regards,
Allen Wang

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