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Mobile Devices

Learn different options for accessing your Smeal Exchange email through a mobile device.

Native iOS or Android App Configuration

While the Office 365 team recommends using the Outlook app for Office 365 due to ease of setup and design features, you may prefer to use your native mail/calendar clients on your mobile devices. Steps on how to configure your native client can be found below.

Native Android Client Configuration

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Tap Users & Accounts.
  3. Tap Add Account.
  4. Tap Exchange.
  5. On the Add your email address screen, enter your email address (your full email address; xyz123@psu.edu).
  6. Tap Manual Setup.
  7. Enter the following information:
    1. Domain – Verify “\userid@psu.edu”
    2. Password: Enter your WebAccess password.
    3. Server: outlook.office365.com
  8. Tap Next.
    1. Your phone will display Verifying for approximately 5 seconds.
  9. Tap OK on the Remote Security Administration verification screen.
  10. Tap Activate this device admin app.
    1. You will receive an on-screen confirmation: Your account is setup and your email are on it's way.
  11. Tap Next.
  12. By default, Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Tasks will be enabled.

Native iOS Client Configuration

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Tap Accounts & Passwords.
  3. Tap Add Account.
  4. Tap Exchange.
  5. Enter the following information on the Exchange screen:
    1. Email: Your full email address (abc123@psu.edu]
    2. Description: ex PSU O365
  6. Tap Next.
  7. Tap Configure Manually - Sign in to your "psu.edu" Exchange account using Microsoft.
  8. Enter your WebAccess password.
  9. Tap Next.
    1. Your phone will display Verifying for approximately 5 seconds.
  10. Enter the following information:
    1. Server: outlook.office365.com
    2. Domain: [leave blank] Username: userid@psu.edu
    3. Password: should already be filled in
  11. Tap Next; Save
  12. By default, Mail, Calendars, and Reminders will be enabled, with the ability to enable Contacts and Notes.

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