Setting Up Outlook 2016 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 2016

1. If you’ve never launched the program before, you will see an introductory splash screen to Add an Account, click Exchange.

   
2. If you have already launched Outlook, you will see a different start screen. Click Outlook on the Menu Bar, then Preferences, then Accounts. 
   
3. Click Add Email Account.

1. In the window that appears below, enter the following information:
   1. Method: User Name and Password
   2. E-mail address: <your NetID@fairfield.edu email address> or <ResourceAccount@fairfield.edu email address>
   3. Domain: ffldu\<Your NetID>
   4. Password: <your NetID password>
   5. Server: owa.fairfield.edu
      
2. 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 password
   
   
3. If you have set up a resource account, please go to Outlook, choose settings.  Then click on the General icon.  
   
4. Under sidebar select Show all mail account folders checkbox