Existing accounts configured to connect using IMAP and SMTP will need to update their client and client configuration to an OAuth2 compatible client soon as ITS will no longer support basic authentication beginning in early 2021. ITS is no longer permitting new accounts to connect with IMAP and SMTP without OAuth2. You will need to know your Office 365 email address (based on your USC NetID username), password, and the Office 365 server settings in order to successfully set up your email client. Outlook 2016 Setting Up an Office 365 Account Using IMAP and SMTP with OAuth2 Authenticationīelow you will find information on configuring ITS-supported email clients to access your Office 365 account using IMAP and SMTP with OAuth2 authentication. NOTE: The versions of Outlook that are listed below are the only versions that are supported by Microsoft for use with Office 365. Setting Up an Office 365 Account Using Microsoft 35įor documentation on setting up your Office 365 account on an email client using Exchange, please see the links at the bottom of this page. At this time, ITS also supports connecting with other compatible mail clients using the Exchange and IMAP4 with OAuth2 connection methods, although Exchange is highly preferred. If you are using Microsoft Outlook as your email client, you should use the default Microsoft 365 Account type. Microsoft 365 also provides direct access to the USC calendar that is a part of your Office 365 account. Microsoft 365 only requires that you provide your email address and password for set up IMAP, however, requires additional server information. There are several advantages to setting up your email client to use “Microsoft 365”, “Office 365”, or “Exchange” rather than IMAP settings.

If you are using an email client other than Outlook and Microsoft 365 or Office 365 is not a setup option, we recommend selecting the Exchange setup option and only using the IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) option if there is no other choice. When configuring your email client to work with your USC mailbox, we recommend selecting the Microsoft 365 setup wizard (choose when setting up Outlook).

This page provides links to documentation on how to configure your email client to access Office 365. ITS highly recommends using the Outlook email client or Outlook Web App (OWA) to access your USC Office 365 email.

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