If you enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) in Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac for a server that is associated with a Microsoft Exchange account, all Entourage communications with the SSL-enabled server are encrypted. SSL is required for forms-based authentication and is strongly recommended for Basic authentication.
If you plan to deploy SSL for Entourage 2008
users, you must make sure that SSL is enabled on the Exchange server. For information about how to enable SSL on an Exchange server, see
Exchange Server
on the Microsoft TechNet Web site (technet.microsoft.com).
To use SSL with Entourage, the user's computer must trust the Exchange server's SSL certificate. This might require importing a root certificate to the user's X509 Anchors keychain or the user login keychain. For more information about this requirement, see How users manage digital certificates in Entourage 2008 in the Office 2008 Planning section.
As the Microsoft Exchange account administrator, you will want to provide SSL setup instructions to users, or you can enable SSL in a deployed account.
Enable SSL for an account in Entourage
On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
On the Mail, News, or Directory Service tab, double-click the account.
Do one of the following.
For this account type
Do this
IMAP, POP, and News
On the Account Settings tab, click either Click here for advanced receiving options or Click here for advanced sending options, and then select the options that you want.
Microsoft Exchange mail
On the Account Settings tab, select the This DAV service requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
To enable SSL on the public folders server, on the Advanced tab, under Public Folders Settings, select the This DAV service requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
To enable SSL on the LDAP server, on the Advanced tab, under Directory Settings, select the This LDAP server requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
Directory service
On the Account Settings tab, click Click here for advanced LDAP options, and then select the This LDAP server requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
