Connect to two exchange servers at the same time

In this article I show you how to connect to two different exchange servers at the same time. We all know the trick create on profile for one exchange server you need to connect to, and then create another profile for the other exchange server you need to connect to. However the problem is you can’t run the two profiles at the same time. Which is a big problem I had because I had a home exchange server that I connect too, and one at work. There is a solution. First let me explain the downside, this solution runs outlook twice (so twice the memory, and cpu used by outlook). If you’re ok with that continue below.

1. Create two profiles on your outlook (control panel > mail > show profiles). Label them easily like one work and the other home, or something like that.

2. Then download this lightweight program called ExtraOutlook.

3. Not unzip the program and place it somewhere.

4. Open a command line prompt and navigate to the directory where you placed extraoutlook.exe.

5. Type in the following command (the outlook path may be different on your computer, right click on your current outlook and find the current path).

extraoutlook.exe “c:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe” /profile “Home”

6. The /profile “Home” the word in the quotes needs to be what you named your profile. Then type in the command again, but replace the profile “Home” with the next profile you created. Now you should have two seperate instances of outlook connecting to two exchange servers.

7. Here is an article with more screenshots of the instructions.