Microsoft 365 Email Setup: macOS Outlook 2016 and 365

This article walks the user through setting up Email using Outlook 2016 or Outlook 365 on macOS.

New Email Setup

  1. Begin by opening Outlook for Mac either 2016 or 365.
    • If this is your first time opening the program then you will initially be taken to a screen that will prompt you to create a new email account and Outlook will attempt to configure your account automatically.
    • If you have used and configured Outlook for an account in the past, then begin by clicking on Outlook and choosing Preferences to add or modify an account.

  2. Click +v and choose Exchange in order to configure a new Exchange email account.
  3. Enter your Exchange email address, your Onyen username and Onyen password. Click Add Account.
  4. A window may appear that indicates the connection was redirected to outlook.office365.com, this is normal and you may feel free to allow the response from the server.
  5. After successfully authenticating you should see the following screen. A green ‘light’ next to the account name indicates that your email account is successfully configured with UNC-Chapel Hill’s Microsoft Office 365 service.
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