How to update Office 365 email settings from @edu to @uwaterloo

This guide will detail the changes that need to be made to email settings in Office 365 applications after the student email migration from @edu.uwaterloo.ca to @uwaterloo.ca.

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• Outlook for Windows

• Outlook for Mac

• MacMail
  
  

Outlook for Windows

1. Open the Outlook desktop application.

2. Go to File > Account Settings > Account Settings... (first option in the drop-down menu)

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     3. Select the username@edu.uwaterloo.ca address > Remove 

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    4. In the same window, click New... 

5. Choose Advanced options >and check box next to Let me set up my account manually

6. Enter your username@uwaterloo.ca, click Connect (username is your 8 character username, e.g. j25rober)

Outlook for Mac

1. Open the Outlook desktop application. 

2. Go to Outlook > Preferences. 
   
   

    

3. In the Outlook Preferences window, click the Accounts button. 
   
   

    

4. In the Accounts window, change the text in the E-mail address field from username@edu.uwaterloo.ca to username@uwaterloo.ca. (your username is your 8 character username, e.g. j25rober)

    

MacMail

1. Open the MacMail application.

2. Go to Mail > Preferences.
   
   

    

3. Open the Email Address drop-down menu and select Edit Email Addresses.
   
   

     

    

4. Double-click your email address to edit. Change the text in the Email address field from username@edu.uwaterloo.ca to username@uwaterloo.ca.  Click OK. (Your username is your 8 character username, e.g. j25rober)
   
   

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