To access your Microsoft 365 (M365) email account via your browser, with Outlook on the web

1. Go to https://outlook.office365.com/mail/ in your web browser

2. Log in with your 8-character UWaterlooo username @uwaterloo.ca (i.e. myuserna@uwaterloo.ca) and password.

To access your generic (M365) email account via a browser, with Outlook on the web

• If the account is configured to allow you to log in with your personal credentials:

  • please refer to How to access shared account in a browser - users with M365 email accounts

• If the account is configured to use the generic account username and password (e.g. generic1@uwaterloo.ca):

  • log out of M365 in your browser, and then go to https://outlook.office.com/mail/username@uwaterloo.ca/   (where username is the 8-character username of the generic account) and log in with the generic account credentials.

To access your shared mailbox via a browser, with Outlook on the web

1. Please refer to How to access shared account in a browser - users with M365 email accounts

To learn more about Outlook on the web, please see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-help-with-outlook-on-the-web-cf659288-35cc-4c6c-8c75-e8e4317fda11 .

Please review these articles as resources on using these options with the Outlook Web App.

Creating appointments and meetings in Outlook - Web App

Managing appointments and meetings in Outlook - Web App

Calendar basics in Outlook - Web App

Calendar sharing in Outlook Web App

Using Out of Office Assistant

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