How to setup my mobile and desktop client to access email and calendar?
The following describes ways you can connect to your email account as well as the calendar:
- Mobile phones and tablets
Office 365 works with a variety of mobile phones and tablets but the following email applications are recommended:
1. Microsoft Outlook for iPhone / iPad in the Apple Store
2. Microsoft Outlook for Android in the Play Store
Office 365 / Microsoft Exchange or Corporate when adding your new @Connect account to your mobile devices depending on which brand of mobile device you are using. Please also refer to Set up Office apps and email on a mobile device for more information. - Web browser
Outlook Web App (OWA - http://O365.ust.hk) lets you use a Web browser to access your mailbox from any computer that has an Internet connection. You can use it to read and send email messages, organize contacts, create tasks, and manage your calendar. You can use Outlook Web App with almost any Web browser.
For more information, please see How to sign in Office 365 through a web browser?
This includes Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Chrome, and most other Web browsers on computers running UNIX, Apple Macintosh, or Windows. See this link for a list of supported versions.
- Desktop
It is recommended to access Office 365 using Microsoft Outlook for PC or Microsoft Outlook for Mac (Get from your Office 365 account).
You can configure your email client on your computer according to the instruction from Microsoft's Email program setup reference.
When asked for your email address, enter your Network ID followed by "@connect.ust.hk” (for example, tchanaa@connect.ust.hk).
If you are using Outlook, it is best for you to create a new profile (under Mail of the Control Panel) for your @Connect account.
For SMTP outgoing email server, below are the server settings for your reference:
SMTP setting
Server name: smtp.office365.com
Port: 587
Encryption method: STARTTLS
Authentication: OAuth2