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Clicking on the left pointing arrow icon at the top left of his screen returns him to the main email page.Cobus is able to set up personal email distribution groups of his own (his students by class and department colleagues, for example) as well as seeing which distribution groups he has already been listed in by other administrators at his institution.On the left he sees the main administration options for Outlook running down the screen and he then explores some of.He explores some of these links and finds easy to follow instructions and guides for using some more of the features in.On the right of this connected accounts screen, Cobus notices a list of links to other features of.He goes to the People tab on the Office 365 tabs menu and finds that all of his contacts have now been imported and are available to use. Office 365 then imports his contact list from LinkedIn.He finds he is able to connect his LinkedIn account and so clicks on connect (to the right of the LinkedIn icon).He sees the list of social media sites his school Office 365 platform will allow him to connect with. Cobus scrolls down to the bottom of the connected accounts screen.Connecting social media accounts and importing contacts He checks to see which version he is using (the import mechanism is slightly different for each version) and follows the step-by-step instructions he finds at. Importing his existing Outlook email into Office 365 OutlookĪs Cobus already uses Microsoft Outlook as one of his email accounts, he now wants to import all of his emails and contacts to. He then tries to connect his Gmail account to Outlook and is successful. He finds that he needs to go to his Gmail account and follow the instructions in the email from Gmail about connecting accounts. If you want Gmail to keep a copy of mail sent to your Gmail email address in your Gmail inbox, under When messages are accessed with POP select Keep Gmail’s copy in the inbox.Ĭobus then tries again to connect his Gmail account to his Office 365 Outlook.Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on - If you select this option, only new email will be downloaded to your account.Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded) - If you select this option, all old and new email will be downloaded to your account.Under POP Download, select one of the following options:.Click Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP.To connect his Gmail account, he must go to this account and change the settings to enable POP3 access, which will then allow him to connect it to his Office 365 Outlook account.Cobus repeats these steps for his Gmail account but is unable to connect them.He enters his Hotmail email address and password, and Outlook connects the accounts.He clicks on the +icon and follows the instructions that appear on the screen. He is now ready to connect his Hotmail and Gmail accounts.

He sees that he can also set up his email to be forwarded from Outlook to another account when he needs this.He now has the option to connect up to five email accounts to his Office 365 Outlook account. He clicks on the settings icon (shaped like a wheel near the top right of the page) and from the drop-down menu, selects options and then accounts.Cobus goes to from his Office 365 dashboard.Connecting Hotmail and Gmail to Office 365 Cobus would like all of his email in one place, and be able to send and receive email. He has Hotmail and Gmail accounts he wants to connect, and he also has another Outlook account. He has been using Office 365 for a while and is now ready to connect his other email accounts to Office 365 Outlook and to import his contacts from email and social media platforms he uses, including LinkedIn. Connecting other accounts to Office 365 Outlook emailĬobus is a teacher at the school.
