In some cases it happens that the Vault integration with another Outlook Addin, by third providers, is blocked. This manifests itself by the Vault buttons are grayed out. Only after deactivating the blocking application (usually an ERP system) in the Outlook Options, the Vault Addin can be used again. This should not be.
An example can be found here:
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