Setting up Exchange in macOS

This user guide will help you, as an employee, set up the University of Vienna’s Exchange service using the Apple Mail desktop app.

You will then be able to manage your university e-mails, calendars, contacts, reminders, and notes using your macOS device.

Note

Students use the user guide under e-mail management with IMAP.

A valid, initially set up Exchange account at the University of Vienna.

Open desktop app Mail – Mail – Add Account… – Microsoft Exchange
Enter name, e-mail address – Configure manually – enter u:account password, u:account UserID
Activate desired elements – Done

Open the desktop app Mail.

If you:

are starting Mail for the first time and have not yet set up an e-mail account: Continue with 2. Selecting account type.
have already set up an e-mail account in Mail: Select Mail from the menu bar at the top of the screen, then select Add Account….

Select Microsoft Exchange and then click Continue.

Enter the following data:

Name: your name
Email Address: your e-mail address at the University of Vienna:
firstname.lastname@univie.ac.at (example: jamie.doe@univie.ac.at)

Click Sign In.

Select Configure Manually.

Enter your u:account password and click Sign In.

Change the Username to the userID of your u:account (example: doejamie99) and click Sign In.

Select which items (Mails, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, or Notes) on your device you want to manage with the Exchange account.
Click Done to set up the new Exchange account.