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Ever get “Trying to connect…” in Outlook?

Try opening a command window and typing:

tasklist –m olmapi32.dll

This should be empty.  If it’s not, take a look at the list of processes that are in there and kill the ones that are blocking your connection, using task manager.

Alternatively, you can follow the instructions here for using the HIDDEN “Connection Status…” menu item in Outlook to reset/reconnect the session between Outlook and Exchange.

• HOWTO: Reset Outlook’s connections to the Exchange Server without restarting
  https://kurtsh.com/2008/12/22/howto-reset-outlook%e2%80%99s-connections-to-the-exchange-server-without-restarting/