Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
Hello everyone,
First of all, I would like to thank all the participants of this forum for the various workarounds and remedies attempted to resolve an issue that has persisted for several months now.
On our side, we've been facing Office Error 1001 within our RDS environment, affecting numerous users across different collections. Unfortunately, the error remains despite our extensive efforts.
Environment:
- RDS farm using UPD
- OS: Windows Server 2019 Datacenter (1809 build 17763.4974)
- MS 365 Apps version: From 2302 to the latest release, 2310
Here’s a detailed account of the actions we’ve taken:
- Initial Workaround: Deleted two JSON files from the Outlook Appdata user folder, followed by signing out and back in from:
- C:\Users%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\16\
- ******@domain.com.json
- ******@domain.com.json
- Secondary Step: When the initial workaround was inconsistent, we removed the same JSON files along with the 'OneAuth' and 'IdentityCache' folders, then repeated the sign-out/in the process:
- C:\Users%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneAuth\
- C:\Users%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\IdentityCache\
- Further Measures: If the previous actions failed, as extensively discussed in this thread, we signed the user out, deleted the 'Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin' folder from the User Profile Disk, and then reconnected to the RDS.
- Last Resort: Attempted to recreate the user session.
Despite these efforts, the issue persists. Additional measures that we tested but found unsuccessful include:
- Deleting the ADAL registry key, which proved ineffective.
- Removing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), which only slightly reduced the occurrence of the error.
- Updating Office to the latest release, decreased the frequency of the error initially but did not resolve it.
- Repairing Windows Account Manager (WAM) following Microsoft's recommendation, which had no effect.
- Excluding the AAD.BrokerPlugin folder from Trend Micro's real-time search, Behavior Monitoring Approved list, and Trusted Program List.
- Disabling antivirus software for a specific RDS Collection.
We are now investigating a solution that involves blocking the 'WorkplaceJoined' option by adding the following registry keys:
- HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WorkplaceJoin
- DWORD: BlockAADWorkplaceJoin Value: 1
- HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WorkplaceJoin
- DWORD: AutoWorkplaceJoin Value: 0
I will update here if this leads to any improvements. Thank you all for your help and feedback.