Spartan 365 - How To Configure macOS Outlook for Spartan Mail for the First Time

Objective

Following these steps will connect a locally installed Outlook client on macOS to your Spartan Mail email account.

Environment

macOS
Spartan Mail

Before You Begin

You will need a locally installed and licensed version of Microsoft Outlook for this process. See this article (link) if you need assistance downloading and installing this to your device.

Steps

  1. Open Outlook
  2. Enter your MSU email address
  3. Enter your MSU NetID password
  4. Select Sign In
  5. You're done! Outlook should automatically configure itself and connect your Spartan Mail account.

Additional Info

If the first-run setup was bypassed or did not trigger, or if there are other accounts already configured on this copy of Outlook, see this article (link) for instructions to add an account to an existing Outlook setup.

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Spartan Mail and related Spartan 365 software, including applications located at https://spartan365.msu.edu and downloaded Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), are provided to students while they attend the university and to faculty and staff members while they are employed by the university.