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For the up-to-date instructions, please visit How to access shared account in a browser - users with M365 email accounts

To access your shared account via a web browser directly:

  1. Use the following URL, where “sharedaccount” is the username of the account, https://outlook.office.com/mail/sharedaccount@uwaterloo.ca/

  2. Log in with your personal 8-character UWaterloo username@uwaterloo.ca and password

To add the mailbox to your Outlook account

  1. Log in to https://portal.office.com with your personal 8-character UWaterloo username @uwaterloo.ca (i.e. myusernam@uwaterloo.ca) and password. Then click on the Outlook icon

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  1. from the left navigation panel.

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2. Right-click Folders

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from the left navigation panel and then choose/click on Add shared folder from the menu presented.

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3. Enter either the name of the shared mailbox

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or its username and click Add. In this example, the name of the shared mailbox is Shared Account and

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its username is

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sharenam@uwaterloo.ca.
(As you complete this field, a list of suggested account names will display. )

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4. The account name will then appear in the list of mail folders/boxes:

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Do you need to send email from the shared mailbox address? See Sending email messages from a Shared Mailbox - Outlook online (web browser)

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