Configuring Outlook for Your Windows Computer

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Configuring Outlook for Your Windows Computer

Outlook 2010 is recommended to take full advantage of all of Office 365′s features. If you do not have Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows, faculty and staff can purchase site-licensed software from the university.

Overview

This document lists the steps required to configure Microsoft Outlook for use with your Office 365 account.

Requirements

  • Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010 installed
  • An Office 365 Email Account

How to Configure Outlook to Work With Office 365

  1. Click the Start icon.
  2. Select Control Panel.
  3. Click User Accounts and Family Safety and select Mail.
    NOTE: If you view your Control Panel with icons instead of categories, then select “Mail”
    NOTE: If you are using XP and view your control panel using categories, select “User Accounts”, then select “Mail”. If you view your control panel using the classic view, select “Mail”.
    NOTE: On 64 bit Windows, open Additional options, open View 32‐bit Control Panel Items and open the Mail applet.
  4. Click Show Profiles… in the Mail Setupdialog box.
    NOTE: If you do not have any profiles setup, you will not see the dialog in figure1. Instead, you will see the dialog box in figure 2 without a profile listed. If this is the case, please proceed to step 5.

    Figure 1: Click “Show Profiles…” in the Mail Setup dialog box
  5. Select Prompt for a profile to be used, and click the Add… button in the Mail dialog box.

    Figure 2: Select “Prompt for a profile to be used” and click “Add…” in the Mail dialog box.
  6. Type Office 365 in the Profile Name: field of the New Profile dialog box and click OK.
  7. In the Add New Accountdialog box:
    1. Enter your name in the Your Name: field
    2. Enter your Office 365 email address (CampusID followed by “@gsu.edu”) in the Email Address: field
    3. Click Next

      Figure 3: Enter your name and email address (e.g. CampusID@gsu.edu) and click Next in the Add New Account dialog box.

    NOTE: A prompt may appear about redirection to a web site, check the “don’t ask me again” box and click Allow

  8. Enter your Office 365 password in the Windows Security dialog box and click OK.
  9. Click Finish in the Add New Account dialog box.
  10. Click Apply and then click OK in the Mail dialog box.
  11. Open Outlook.
  12. Select Office 365 in the Profile Name droplist and click OK in the Choose Profile dialog box.

    Figure 4: Select “Office 365″ and click “OK” in the Choose Profile dialog box.

    NOTE: If prompted, enter your Office 365 password in the Windows Security dialog box.NOTE: The next time you open GroupWise, select “Novell GroupWise” in the “Profile Name” droplist.

Help

If you have questions, or need assistance, please contact the IS&T Help Center at 404-413-HELP (4357) or help@gsu.edu.