I'm using Outlook for Mac 2011 v 14.4.3 on a MacBook Air 13" (Mid 2013) running OS/X 10.9.4.

I'm using Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client v 3.1.04074 to access my company's Exchange server.

I've noticed recently that when my VPN disconnects (e.g., after putting the computer to sleep), and then I re-connect, the Outlook app does not re-connect to the Exchange server like it used to. It previously re-connected in seconds, now it seems to take minutes if ever. I have resorted to stopping and restarting the Outlook app to get reconnected.

There must be some recent change to OS/X or Outlook that has altered the application's behavior when the VPN connection re-establishes... perhaps there is some network retry timer in Outlook that has changed.

Is anyone else seeing this behavior? I've tried searching the community messages but I'm not seeing this problem reported elsewhere.

-- Joe