Add Exchange to a New Installation of Outlook 2016/365

Office 2016 for Mac (including Outlook) is available as a free download from the University of Illinois WebStore.

If you wish to to use your University of Illinois Exchange account with a new installation of MS Outlook, follow these instructions:

1. Run Outlook.
2. In the welcome screen that appears, if it doesn't detect your @illinois.edu account, click Add Email Account.
3. Choose Exchange or Office 365 as the Account Type
4. In the Set Up Your Email window that opens:
   • Enter your email address: yournetid@illinois.edu
   • The Outlook client should use autodiscover to determine that your account is in Office 365
   • The University Sign in page will ask for your Active Directory password

Add Exchange to Your Existing Outlook Installation

If you are already running Outlook 2016 and wish to add a University of Illinois Exchange account, follow these instructions:

1. Open Outlook.
2. Under the Tools menu, choose Accounts…
3. In the left pane, click the plus (+) button and add a New Account...
4. Follow the same steps as above.