Outlook 365 or 2019 - New Exchange email account for Windows OS

Overview

This article will assist you in setting up your exchange email in Outlook 2019 or Outlook 365

Procedures or Details

1. Start Microsoft Outlook 2019 or Outlook 365.  
2. If opening for the first time you will be prompted to enter your email address: RCSuserid@rpi.edu - on next screen "Advanced setup" click on Outlook.com -skip to step 4.
3. If opened previously, click File, then click Account Settings, click Account Settings again, and then click New…  The Welcome to Outlook window will now appear. Enter your e-mail address into the text box and click Connect.  
4. On the Advanced setup screen click on Outlook.com
5. Outlook will then display in the popup window that it is getting things ready for you.
6. At the next window - Enter your password and optional check on Remember my credentials. Click OK.  
   • NOTE:  If win\ does not appear before your username, click on More choices – click on Use a different Account – and in User name enter: win\RCSUserid.  IF you do not have a More choices option click on Cancel (you may need to do this a couple of times until you get the screen with More choices.
7. Next screen should indicate Account successfully added – click Done.
8. Box will indicate Loading Profile – Retrieving mailbox settings - Outlook will open.
9. Once Outlook opens, as this is the first time, give it some time to start loading in your email.

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 Last Reviewed:   10-Aug-2020