Input the account info for your Office 365 account.Ĭlick the “Autodiscover settings and add account” button. The “Adding an Exchange ActiveSync account to TbSync” dialog will show. The click the “Account actions” -> “Add new account” -> “Exchange ActiveSync” as follows. Of course, if you need the Calendar functionalities in Thunderbird, you need to install Lightning too if you haven’t install it.Ĭonfigure TbSync to Synchronize using Provider for Exchange ActiveSyncĪfter the plugins are installed, we can start to configure TbSync for synchronize with Exchange Online.įirst, from the menu “Tools” -> “Add-on Preferences” -> “TbSync”, open the TbSync configuration window as follows. ![]() You can search and install the plugins in Thunderbird Extension management tool as follows. TbSync manages cloud accounts and synchronize their contact, task and calendar information with Thunderbird and Provider for Exchange ActiveSync Add sync support for Exchange ActiveSync accounts to TbSync. ![]() The two plugins we use here are TbSync and Provider for Exchange ActiveSync. ![]() Install the plugins: TbSync and Provider for Exchange ActiveSync In this post, we will go through the steps to make Thunderbird synchronize with Office 365 Exchange Online. The plugins can extend Thunderbird to support synchronizing Calendar and Address Book (Contacts) between Thunderbird and Exchange Online. But Thunderbird has a rick set of plugins through its plugin system to extend its functionalities and there are plugins available to support ActiveSync which is supported by Exchange Online for synchronizing Calendar and Address Books (Contacts). Although Exchange Online provide IMAP for synchronizing emails, it provides no methods natively supported by Thunderbird. Office 365 provide the cloud version of Exchange named Office 365 Exchange Online. Exchange is a widely used email and calendar/ address book service software. With the Lightning plugin, Thunderbird can support calendar functions well. Thunderbird is a nice email client available on Linux and Windows.
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