Setting Up Outlook
20162019 to Connect to an @fairfield.edu Mail Account
The following procedure describes the simple steps to setting up an Outlook profile from any location with Internet access.
- Open Outlook
If you’ve never launched the program before, you will see an introductory splash screen to Add an Account, click Exchange.
- If you have already launched Outlook, you will see a different start screen. Click Outlook on the Menu Bar, then Preferences, then Accounts.
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- Upon on launching outlook for the first time you will have the below screen, enter you Fairfield email address
- Upon clicking continue you will receive the following message, saying " Exchange accounts are not supported yet", click on Revert
Provide your Fairfield email again and select continue.
- In the window that appears below, enter the following information:
Method: User Name and Password
E-mail address: <your NetID@fairfield.edu email address> or <ResourceAccount@fairfield.edu email address>
Domain\Username :
ffldu\<Your NetID>
Password: <your NetID password>
Server: owa.fairfield.edu (Optional)
3.Click the Add Account button and wait for your configuration to complete (this could take up to a minute or two). You can click done or you can click on add another account if you want to add a resource account.
For resource account password is same as your NetID password4.If you have to set up a resource account from outlook application, please go to Outlook, choose
settings. Then click on the General icon.settings> accounts. A new window opens up, on the bottom left you can see an plus(+) icon. Select add account and enter the resource account email address. For resource account username is your NetID and password is same as your NetID password