
NOTE: The versions of Outlook that are listed below are the only versions that are supported by Microsoft for use with Office 365. Setting Up an Office 365 Account Using Microsoft 35įor documentation on setting up your Office 365 account on an email client using Exchange, please see the links at the bottom of this page. At this time, ITS also supports connecting with other compatible mail clients using the Exchange and IMAP4 with OAuth2 connection methods, although Exchange is highly preferred. If you are using Microsoft Outlook as your email client, you should use the default Microsoft 365 Account type. Microsoft 365 also provides direct access to the USC calendar that is a part of your Office 365 account. Microsoft 365 only requires that you provide your email address and password for set up IMAP, however, requires additional server information. There are several advantages to setting up your email client to use “Microsoft 365”, “Office 365”, or “Exchange” rather than IMAP settings. If you are using an email client other than Outlook and Microsoft 365 or Office 365 is not a setup option, we recommend selecting the Exchange setup option and only using the IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) option if there is no other choice. When configuring your email client to work with your USC mailbox, we recommend selecting the Microsoft 365 setup wizard (choose when setting up Outlook). This page provides links to documentation on how to configure your email client to access Office 365. It may take several hours to synchronize, especially if you have a lot of email in your account.ITS highly recommends using the Outlook email client or Outlook Web App (OWA) to access your USC Office 365 email. When you open your inbox, you should see your email messages and folders. You should then be notified that your email account was successfully configured.Enter your username and password as described in Step 7 above.

A second connect window may open during the setup process (or later on after restarting Outlook). In Windows 10, you may need to click a More Choices link to be able to change the first field. The first field may appear as but you will need to change it to (i.e., Use your Dartmouth account password in the Password field.


Fill in, or confirm the following information:.In the Auto Account Setup window, click the button next to E-mail Account.If you have another Outlook email account, click File and choose Add Account. If you haven't configured Outlook previously, a welcome screen automatically appears.Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
