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Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual

These steps to setup your Outlook account make the assumption that you have already installed Outlook. If either your Apple user account name is different from your ShortID or your Apple user account password is different from your Active Directory password, use these instructions.

If your account name is the same as your ShortID and your Apple account password matches your Active Directory Password, go to this page for alternate instructions.

  1. Launch the Outlook application.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual
  2. If you have not opened Outlook before, you will need to follow these next steps.
    Fill in your First, Last, and Company Name. Click Continue.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual
    Enable Office Updates and Disable the Customer Experience Improvement Program. Click Continue.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual
    Click Done.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual
    Click Continue.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual
  3. From the menu bar, click Tools > Accounts.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual
  4. Click the Exchange Account icon to setup your account.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual
  5. Type in your email address, which is your Ferris360 login ID, your username, which is your email address, and your password, which is your Ferris360 password. Uncheck the Configure automatically box and type in the server name, which is https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx. Once filled in, click Add Account.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual
  6. Check the box to save your response and click Allow.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual
  7. Your account should show up here with a green dot. If it did, then your account has been setup.
    Outlook Setup for a Mac - Manual

If you feel you followed these steps accurately and the process did not work, please contact the Technology Assistance Center (TAC) via one of the methods at left.