If you navigate to applications again either in Finder or the dock, you can click on the mail icon as shown below:ĭouble-click on the icon to launch Mail. Now, let’s look at setting up an account with Mac Mail. Once all the above is entered, you can click on Add Account, and you should be on your way.

Enter your server details, which can be.

Enter your login details, which will most likely be your email address.

Type in your email address and click Continue, which will bring up a new window where you can select a provider as shown below:Īs we setting up an Exchange account, the provider is Exchange, so click this and you will be presented with the next page:Įnter in the following information, which will be provided by your IT department or ISP: In the above window, you can click on “Add Email Account,” which will bring up another new window as shown below: You can now click on Accounts, which will bring up a new window as shown below: On the top section where you have Home, Organize, and Tools, click on Tools, which will bring up a new ribbon as shown below:

From here, we can then add a new account: When you open Outlook, you may either be prompted for a new account or be presented with the interface as shown below. You may have an updated one compared to what I am running:

Once the setup is done, you will be asked to move the ISO or DMG file to the trash.Īfter that, you can open up applications from Finder or from your dock and open it. The setup will prompt you for your Mac credentials to perform the installation and then will take a couple of minutes to complete it. First of all, you need to download the ISO or DMG file for the version you have purchased or have access to and launch it. Let’s start with setting up an email account using the Microsoft Office suite, and we will then move onto Mac Mail. I did not list Office 2010 or Office 2013 as they are at end-of-life. RPC is used for the older clients, and the new way of connecting to Exchange 2016 is using MAPI, which has to be configured on the Exchange end, and you need clients that support it. In Microsoft Office, whether you are running Office 2016, Office 2019, or the Microsoft 365 edition, you have a few options to choose from. Yes, that is correct, Mac uses EWS for connectivity compared to a Windows machine that will use MAPI or RPC, depending on the version they are running.

We will go into a technical session on how to set up your accounts for both on Exchange 2016 and show you how simple it is.įirst, when you set up an account either on Mac Mail or Outlook, you will be making use of EWS in Exchange 2016. Still, many prefer using what comes with the machine, and others stick by Microsoft Office - and we not here to compare that in this article. Obviously, with Microsoft Outlook, you can do more than with the native Mac Mail. Mac Mail has been around a long time, but so has Microsoft Outlook for Mac.

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