Mobile Devices → Outlook Live Email Setup for Students

Your phone will need an email client capable of connecting to IMAP servers. The quick settings table below contains the settings that most phones require. More details concerning individual phone operating systems can be found below.

Android
iOS (iPhone | iPad | iPod Touch)
Blackberry

Quick Settings

Email Address:	yourSSO@mail.umkc.edu (replace "yourSSO" with your UMKC SSO username)
Server Address:	m.outlook.com
IMAP & SMTP Server Address:	1. Go to http://mail.umkc.edu. 2. Sign in with your Windows Live ID (yourSSO@mail.umkc.edu, where yourSSO is your UMKC SSO username) and Outlook Live email password. 3. The first part of the URL in the browser address bar is your server name. Example: If, after signing in, the first part of the URL in the browser address bar is https://pod51000.outlook.com, then pod51000.outlook.com is your server name.
Username:	Your Windows Live ID (full email address)
Password:	Your Outlook Live email password

Detailed Instructions for Android

NOTE: These instructions are provided as guidance. If they do not work, take the server information found in the Quick Settings at the top of this page and contact your cell phone service provider for additional support.

Android 2.1:
1. Tap the gray Applications button.
2. Tap Email
3. Type in your full email address in the email address box (yourSSO@mail.umkc.edu, where yourSSO is your UMKC SSO username)
4. Type your Outlook Live email password in the password box
5. Tap Next
6. Choose Exchange
7. In the Domain\Username box type in your Windows Live ID (yourSSO@mail.umkc.edu, where yourSSO is your UMKC SSO )
8. Under server type in m.outlook.com
9. Check the box to Use secure connection (SSL)
10. Check the box to Accept all SSL certificates
11. Tap Next
12. Check Send email from this account by default
13. Tap Next
14. Type in a name for the account
15. Type in your name
16. Tap Done
Your email should now download. The first download can take several minutes. By default, only the last 14 days of data will sync.

Android 2.2:
1. Access the ActiveSync setup on your device
    a. Open All Apps
    b. Tap Settings
    c. Choose Accounts & Sync
    d. Tap Add Account at the bottom right
    e. Tap Exchange ActiveSync

2. Set up ActiveSync
    a. Enter your full email address in the email address field (yourSSO@mail.umkc.edu, where yourSSO is your UMKC SSO username)
    b. Enter your Outlook Live email password in the password field
    c. Tap Manual Setup
    d. Under Server Address, clear out the mail.umkc.edu entry and enter m.outlook.com for the server address
    e. Make sure Use SSL connection checkbox is checked
    f. Tap Next
    g. Choose which items you want to synchronize and tap Next
Your email should now download. The first download can take several minutes. By default, only the last 14 days of data will sync.

Detailed Instructions for iOS (iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch)

Note: These instructions are provided as guidance. If they do not work, take the server information found in the Quick Settings at the top of this page and contact your cell phone service provider for additional support.

iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with iOS4 using ActiveSync:
1. Tap Settings on the Home screen
2. Tap Mail, Contacts and Calendars
3. Tap Add Account...
4. Tap Microsoft Exchange
5. In the Email box, enter your Windows Live ID (yourSSO@mail.umkc.edu, where yourSSO is your UMKC SSO username)
6. In the User Name box, enter your Windows Live ID (yourSSO@mail.umkc.edu, where yourSSO is your UMKC SSO username)
7. In the Password box, enter your Outlook Live email password
8. If you want, you can enter a different descriptive name for your account in the Description box
9. Tap Next
10. You may see one or more certificate warnings pop up – if so, tap Accept
11. For iPads Only: You will need to enter your SMTP server (see Quick Settings above for instructions on finding your server)
12. Tap Next
13. Choose what you would like to sync and tap Done
Note: If you have synced your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad with Outlook or iCal and Address Book using iTunes, you will lose that data if you choose to sync Calendars or Contacts.

Detailed Instructions for Blackberry

Note: These instructions are provided as guidance. If they do not work, take the server information found in the Quick Settings at the top of this page and contact your cell phone service provider for additional support.

Blackberry:
1. From the Blackberry home screen, click Blackberry Setup.
2. Click Set up Internet Email.
3. Click Add An Email Account.
4. Type your email address (yourSSO@mail.umkc.edu, where yourSSO is your UMKC SSO username) and password (type your password incorrectly so the device will not auto-configure), then click Next.
5. Click I will provide the settings to add this email account, when auto configuration fails.
6. Scroll down and then click Next.
7. Select Internet Service Provider Email (POP/IMAP), and then click Next.
8. Choose I will provide the settings to add this email account, if asked, and click Next.
9. Type in your username as yourSSO@mail.umkc.edu (where yourSSO is your UMKC SSO username)
10. Type your Outlook Live email password in the Password field (correctly this time)
11. See Quick Settings at the top of this page to retrieve your IMAP and SMTP server settings
12. Input your IMAP server information found in step 11
13. Click Next
14. Input your SMTP server information found in step 11
15. Click OK