Frequently Asked Question
Email - Mobiles: Add an Office 365 email account to mobile native Mail app
Last Updated 2 years ago
These are generic instructions and screens may differ slightly depending upon software version.
iOS:
iOS:
- Tap Settings
- Tap "Accounts & Passwords" or "Mail", or "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" depending upon the iOS version
- Tap Add Account
- Tap Exchange, Office 365 or Exchange ActiveSync depending upon the options offered,
- Enter the Email address, Password and a short Description (e.g. Work or the company's name) for the email account
- Tap Next
- Account autodiscover will try to find the settings needed to configure the account. If autodiscover cannot find the settings, enter the following information:
- Server: outlook.office365.com
- Domain: Leave this field blank
- Username: Enter the full email address (unless given a different one from your email)
- SSL: On
- Tap Next
- Tap Save
- Tap Settings.
- Tap Accounts.
- Tap Add Account.
- Tap Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, ActiveSync or Corporate.
- Enter Email address and Password.
- If there is a Domain\Username field, enter the full email address.
- If Domain and Username are separate fields, enter your full email address in Username, and leave Domain blank
- If it won't allow you to continue without a Domain, enter a backslash (\) followed by your email address, eg: \email@yourdomain.com
- If there is a Server field, enter outlook.office365.com.
- Tap Next.
- To complete auto configuration, tap Ok.
- Select the Account options to use. Selecting a longer sync period will show more calendar information and email, and require more memory.
- Tap Next.
- Tap Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, to see the display name for the new email account. The display name can be changed here to something like Work, or the Company name.
- Tap Next to display the new inbox.