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    What is Outlook?

    Outlook is a comprehensive email and calendaring application developed by Microsoft, used by both individuals and businesses to manage emails, calendars, tasks and contacts. Our integration makes it possible to send SMS directly from Outlook, providing an easy and efficient way to communicate quickly and reliably without leaving your inbox.

    SMS2Outlook Add-in

    In SureSMS we have created an Add-in for Outlook so you can quickly and easily send SMS directly from your Outlook. Use your Outlook contacts to send SMS to clients, users and customers. The SureSMS add-in also allows you to save and thus journalize the messages.

    Download and install our Outlook plugin here from the website. The plugin and subscription are FREE and you only pay per SMS sent at the current rate. See our SMS Gateway prices Here.

     

    Download Add-in

    Download the add-in below for regular Outlook or for Citrix/Terminal Server.

    Download SureSMS Outlook Add-in Version 2.9

    From this link you can download our SureSMS SMS add-in directly to your computer. This add-in makes it fast - and very, very easy - to send SMS from Outlook.

    Notes:

      • The add-in / our plugin works for Outlook 2013 and up

     

      • The add-in does not work in "The New Outlook"

     

      • If you access Outlook via Terminal Server or Citrix solutions, use the download in the next section.

     

    It works whether you use Office 365 or your own Exchange server.

    Features in SMS2Outlook

     

    Send SMS via contacts and groups in Outlook

    Our SMS Add-in is developed specifically for Outlook with the standards that Microsoft requires of their Add-ins. This means that with a quick installation of our "plugin" you get the feature built into your Outlook menu. Via a SureSMS menu in your top bar, you can send SMS and group SMS directly to your existing contacts or add new ones. Simply enter your contact name or phone number, type the message and press send.
    An SMS can be up to 160 characters (set by the telecom companies), but from our SMS sender you can send up to 800 characters. If the message is longer, it will be correspondingly more expensive just like from your regular mobile.

    Documentation and Journaling

    When you send SMS from your Outlook client via SureSMS, we have made sure that your messages are automatically saved. Under settings, you can decide which folder the SMS messages are saved in, and any journaling system can retrieve the messages from the folder.
    This means that, like your other communications, they can be logged and retrieved when documentation is needed later. This fulfills the obligation to journalize, which applies to all public and municipal institutions.

    Select Sender ID

    With our new SMS for Outlook Version 1.4, there are several new options for selecting the sender ID. You can now send from your own mobile number and receive replies on your mobile for free. If you want to receive replies in your Outlook so that it can be documented later, you need to use a 2-way SMS Solution From us. It's quick and easy to set up. Take a look Prices on our SMS Solutions Here. Last but not least, you can choose to ship from your company name. This can be of great value to companies or organizations for branding or campaigns. If you want several different sender IDs, please contact us. For security reasons, our users can't create new ones themselves, but we can do it in minutes.

    2-way solution

    When you create a test account at the top of this page, you get 50 free messages to test. Unfortunately, the test version does not include the option to receive SMS messages. Call us to hear about the possibilities for receiving SMS messages.

    How to install SMS2Outlook

    Installing our Add-in for Outlook is easy. Just follow these short instructions.
    Should you wish for more detailed guidance, see the full description on our Manualsitewhere we have detailed descriptions and guides for all our features.

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    Install SureSMS for Outlook

     

      1. Download our plugin via the link at the top of this page.

     

      1. Install the program

     

      1. Open your Outlook. You will see a screenshot like the one on the left.

     

      1. Fill in the login information.

     

      1. If you don't have an account yet, you can get one by following the blue link on your login screen.

     

    sms outlook plugin Add-in guide

    Send SMS from Outlook

    Once you have installed our Add-in, you will see a new icon group on the right side of your menu, like the one you see in the image here.

    Then just type the number, message and press send.

    You can type +46 and then the number if you want to send to e.g. Sweden, but if you want to send to Denmark, just set the country code on the setup screen and the system will set the country code itself.

     

    Avoid disabling SMS2Oulook

    Sometimes you may experience that Outlook deactivates SMS2Outlook. This can happen for various reasons. Below you can read how you can re-enable SMS2Outlook and prevent it from being deactivated again.

    Activating the add-in again

    First, you need to reactivate the add-in again. There is a nice guide on how to do this here: Reactivating the Add-in

     

    Turn off automatic deactivation

    Outlook sometimes disables add-ins if it thinks an add-in is interfering with Outlook's functionality. In some cases, the add-in is not to blame. Outlook can be too aggressive here.

    Note: If an add-in is already deactivated, you will find instructions on how to reactivate a deactivated add-in Outlook add-in here.

    If you rely on some add-ins and it is important for you to force them to stay enabled, follow these instructions to prevent Outlook from disabling add-ins.

    There are two ways to achieve this:

    If you are a system administrator, use Group Policy.
    Download Microsoft Office ADMX templates and use a Group Policy to configure the settings. The policy name is "List of managed add-ins". It is located under "Administrative Templates\Microsoft Outlook 2016\Miscellaneous". You need to provide the Outlook add-in's ProgID.

    If you are an end user or an administrator who prefers not to use Group Policy, you can use the registry. To force an add-in to always stay enabled, create the following registry value:

    Prevent disable Add-in

    Note the registration path under Outlook 16.0. Here you need to use 15.0 if you have Outlook from 2013 or older.

    You can read more about this at Microsoft's website.

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