Cannot add shared mailbox in Outlook – Add button is greyed out

Issue

Cannot add any shared mailboxes is MS Outlook 2019 (Office 365) because Add button is greyed out (File > Account Settings > Change > More Settings > Advanced > Open these additional mailboxes)

MS Outlook - Account Advanced Properties

Resolution

Shared mailboxes can only be added this way for primary MS Exchange account within Outlook. To work around this issue, create another Outlook profile (Control Panel > Mail) where the account in question is the primary account.

January 2019
MS Office 365
MS Outlook 2019


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