When you first open Outlook, you will need to add your account. Under the Outlook drop-down menu, select Preferences. Under the Outlook Preferences screen, select the Accounts icon. Outlook will start walking you through configuring your account. A window should pop up asking you to select the account type. Choose the “Exchange or Office 365” option.
Note: After your account is set up, you may return to this screen for more advanced account settings such as delegates. A security login window will pop up, asking for your account information. This is the point where you must enter your email address (@northeastern.edu). Then using the User Name and Password method, enter your Office 365 username (myNortheastern username@northeastern.edu) and your myNortheastern password. Make sure the “Configure automatically” box is checked, and click “Add Account.” Outlook will then ask you to let it autodiscover your account. Check the box “Always use my response for this server,” and click Allow. If you do not check the box, Outlook will constantly keep asking you to autodiscover your mailbox.
At this point, you are done. However if you have already been using your university email account, it may take several minutes for your inbox and all of your folders to populate from the server. If you were to go back to the Accounts screen from Outlook preferences, it will now include all of your account information. Note: Now that your account is set up, you may return to this screen to configure advanced account settings such as delegates by selecting the “Advanced” button.
Microsoft is testing Office 2019 for Mac with businesses before it’s available in the second half of 2018. Like the Windows version, the Mac offering is designed for businesses that aren’t. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced the availability of Office 2019 for Windows and Mac at its Ignite 2018 conference. There’s been some confusion online about the differences between Office 365 and Office 2019.