Ferris Student E-Mail

• Students will be given at least 5 TB of available space on Office 365
• Excellent spam-message filtering
• Lifelong account - however, if not used by you for three years, it will be removed
• No advertising for current students
• No cost for the foreseeable future
• Powered by Microsoft

You will have:

• Gigabytes of e-mail storage. No more worries about having to delete old emails.
• Instant messaging capability from within your mailbox.
• Calendar to schedule meetings, create events, and share calendars with others.
• Microsoft Office Online to create and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations online.
• Your very own personalized Start Page from which you can access all services.
• Access to your information from anywhere with an Internet connection.
• You will have the ability to access the system with a compatible mobile device.

• Registered students and alumni only.

Student email can be accessed through Ferris360 and office.ferris.edu, using your current username and password.  You can also access your email via your mobile device. View more information.

If Ferris360 is unavailable, you can access your email and other services provided by Office 365 by going to office.ferris.edu.

It is (your Ferris computing ID)@ferris.edu

To take advantage of the Office 365 security features, forwarding of email to another account is not available. By not allowing forwarding, we are protecting the University from cyber threats and attacks that aim to steal and use confidential user information in malicious ways.

In order to view your emails on a mobile device, we recommend downloading the official Microsoft Outlook app from your app store (iOS App Store for iPhone and Google Play Store for Android) and adding your account ("username"@ferris.edu and passphrase) to the app. Click here for detailed instructions.

View Microsoft's privacy statement.

No. They are separate accounts.

Yes. You can send and receive messages up to 20 megabytes (MB) in size. However, the precise amount allowable will depend on the attachment. You can attach larger files by sharing them as a OneDrive link.

View the answer.

A Filter allows you to manage the flow of incoming messages. Find out more information about Filters.