How to Set Up Zimbra Desktop

Installing ZD: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.zimbra.com/website/docs/7.3/Zimbra_Desktop_Install_Guide_7.3.1.pdf

User Guide: https://www.zimbra.com/desktop7/help/en_US/Zimbra_Mail_Help.htm#Getting_Started/Zimbra_User_Help.htm

Zimbra Desktop is a full featured mail client that supports many different mail systems, including Zimbra.

Zimbra Desktop is an alternative to Zimbra Web Client (ZWC) for Zimbra accounts.

Zimbra Desktop supports:

• All common Zimbra features
  • Mail, Contacts, Calendars, etc.
• Disconnected operation for mobile users
  • Imagine you're on an airplane with a laptop PC without an Internet connection…
• Simple MAPI connections for mailing directly from various other programs/applications
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.)
  • CYMA Accounting
  • Quickbooks Accounting

These instructions are for Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 and assume ZD is already installed.

Here we configure ZD for a Zimbra account. Other types of accounts are also supported and multiple accounts are also possible.

1. Click Start
2. Type zim
3. Right-click on Zimbra Desktop and choose Pin to Start
4. Click the Zimbra Desktop icon to run it
5. Click Add New Account
6. Fill in the account details then click Validate and Save
   • Your e-mail address
   • Your password
   • The Zimbra server hostname (ours is zimbra.virtualarchitects.com)
7. Click Launch Desktop to start ZD

In Zimbra Desktop:

1. Click Preferences (tab)
2. Select General
3. Scroll down to the Other section
4. Select Use Zimbra Desktop as default mail application
5. Click Save