Office 365 - iOS and Android Mail (Student IT)

Office 365

College Email on iOS and Android Devices

Follow the steps below to set up your college email account on your mobile device.

  1. Android
    1. Gmail App
    2. Samsung Email App
  2. Apple iPhone or iPad

Android Devices

Follow the steps below to set up your college email account on your Android device.

Gmail App

  1. Tap the Menu icon in the upper left corner.
  2. Then tap Settings → Add Account → Exchange and Office 365.
    Gmail Exchange select
  3. Enter your full Confederation College email address and tap Next.
    Enter email address
  4. Enter your password and tap Next.
    Enter password
  5. You may get security notifications asking for permission to access your phone. Accept these and continue.
    1. Note: If you receive the following message, you will need to tap on Use another Mail app instead.
      Outlook prompt
  6. Open the Gmail app and view and send emails!

Samsung Mail App

  1. Open the Settings app and tap Add Account.
    Samsung Add Account
  2. Enter your full Confederation College account email and password, then tap Sign In.
    User name and password
  3. You may receive a permissions prompt asking to sync information from your phone to your account. You will be required to tap yes if you want to use your college email within this app.
    Accept permissions
  4. Open the Samsung Mail app to view and send emails!

Apple iPhone or iPad Devices

Follow the steps below to set up your college email account on your iOS device.

  1. Go to your device's Settings app.
    Apple iOS Settings Icon
  2. Tap Mail, then tap Accounts, then tap Add Account.
    Mail option within settings app
    Add Account button within Settings app
  3. Tap Exchange as the account type.
    Add Account type Exchange
  4. Enter your Confederation College email address, password, and optionally a description of the account. The description will be the name of the account as it appears in your mail app. When ready, tap Next.
    1. Note: your user name will use your full email account name (ex. [email protected])
      Enter details page
    2. You will then be asked for your password. Enter your college account password here.
      Enter password field
  5. You may be prompted to enter server settings if necessary. Enter the following as shown below:
    Server details page
  6. The email account will ask for permissions to utilize other apps on your device, such as your contacts, calendar, and notes. You may select to allow or disallow any of these options.
    Permissions screen
  7. Tap Save. You should now be able to open your Mail app and access your email account.
    iOS Mail App icon
  8. If you are not seeing your mail, take a look within Settings -> Mail -> Accounts -> (Account Description Name entered in step 4) -> Mail Days to Sync. This setting controls how much mail will be loaded into this account on your mobile device. By default, any mail older than a week will not show in the app.
    mail days to sync screen