Outlook Autodiscover

Explanation

Autodiscover is an Outlook feature that automatically configures email server settings using your email address. The article explains why Outlook asks you to allow a website to configure an email's server setting.

This can happen for a few reasons, including connectivity issues between the client and server, adding additional accounts, or ooccasionally because of a Microsoft update. Typically, Autodiscover will look for the primary mailbox, but it can happen when it is searching for other mailboxes.

  • Select Allow if you receive the prompt below and trust the source.
  • Check Don't ask me about this website again to prevent this prompt from appearing in the future.

Outlook window to allow a website to configure an email's server settings.

  • If you do not recognize the website or did not initiate any changes, click Cancel and contact your IT administrator.
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