Set up your first account

To add an email account to Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016 for Windows for the first time, the Auto Account Setup starts automatically when you first run the app.

  1. Start Outlook for the first time.

  2. When prompted to set up an email account, click Next.

  3. To add an email account, click Yes, and then click Next.

  4. Enter your name, email address, and password, and then click Next.

    NOTE   If your computer is connected to a domain for an organization that uses Microsoft Exchange Server, your mail information is automatically inserted and the password box doesn't appear because your Exchange account uses the same password as the one you use to log on to your computer.

  5. Click Finish.

Set up an additional email account

  1. Click the File tab, and in the right pane, click Add Account.

  2. In the Add Account box, with Email Account selected, enter your name, email address, password, retype your password, and click Next.

    Add another email account

    TIP   Outlook will complete the set-up for your account.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • Click Finish to close the Add Account box.

    • Click Add another account, and follow steps 1 - 3 of this procedure.

    NOTE   When you're finished, you'll need to restart Outlook.

What if my account can't be set up automatically?

Sometimes Outlook 2013 isn’t able to automatically set up a new account and might ask you to try again using an unencrypted connection to the mail server. If that doesn’t work, you can still add the account, but you’ll have to provide some additional information. 


Refer to this solution for manual set up: https://resqtechs.freshdesk.com/solution/articles/5000684746-add-an-exchange-or-office-365-account-using-manual-settings


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