Note: Outlook for Mac is supported on the three most recent versions of macOS. When a new version of macOS is released, the Office 2019 for Mac Operating System requirements are updated such that the three most recent versions are supported: the new version of macOS and the two previous versions.
Note: New Outlook for Mac doesn't support hosted Exchange mailboxes. If you switch to the new view by accident, your mailbox won't show in Outlook. To bring back the Legacy view navigate to Help > Revert to Legacy Outlook.
To set up Outlook 2016/2019 for Mac:
Note: we recommend creating a new profile before setting up a new account. Read the Knowledge Base article on How Do I Manage Outlook 2016 For Mac Profiles for more information.
- Open Outlook and navigate to Menu Bar > Tools > Accounts
- In the Accounts window, click the + sign in the lower left-hand corner and click New Account
- In the new window, enter the email address and click Continue
- In case server settings were not found automatically, select Exchange.
- In the new window, fill in the following fields:
- Method: select Username and Password.
- E-mail address: enter your email address
- User name: enter your email address
- Password: enter your mailbox password.
- Server: east.exch081.serverdata.net
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Outlook will attempt to determine settings for your Exchange account automatically. If this is successful you will see a prompt as below. Check the Always use my response for this server box and click Allow.
- Click Add Account. The account is now set up and you can use it to send and receive email.