With the latest update to Outlook 2016 and Outlook for Office 365, it's now easier to add a Gmail account to Outlook. This feature is available to Office Insiders only right now. Important: If you're not part of the Office Insiders program or are using an older version of Outlook for PC or Outlook for Mac, see Add an email account to Outlook. After setting up your Office 365 email account, you can add your email address to Apple Mail on your Mac. Then you can send and receive business emails from your phone. Alternatively, you can download Outlook 2016 and add your Office 365 email. Open Apple Mail and click Mail. Click Add Account. Select Exchange and click Continue.
Get Outlook for Mac Outlook is included with Microsoft Office 365. Faculty and staff with full-service SUNet IDs can download Microsoft Office for Mac via webmail for free. See the page for more information.
Configure Outlook You can configure Microsoft Outlook to access your Office 365 account by setting up an Exchange connection. An Exchange connection provides access your email, calendar, contacts, and tasks in Outlook. Launch Outlook.
On the Outlook menu, click Preferences and then click Accounts. Select Exchange or Office 365 for the account type. Enter the following information for your Exchange account:. Email Address: your @stanford.edu email address.
Method: User Name and Password. User name: [email protected]. Password: your SUNet ID password. Configure automatically: checked.
Click Add Account. A message displays asking whether you want to allow the Outlook autodiscover server to configure your settings. Check Always use my response for this server and click Allow. Your Exchange account settings display. Close this window.