Office 365

Information

Students have access to the following features:

50 GB Email quota
Your email username and password will stay in sync with your LU network account
Your email address stays the same
Your email contacts are automatically moved
25 GB OneDrive: Easy-to-use cloud storage. Drag files from your computer, tablet, or phone directly into your browser to store them safely in the cloud
OFFICE WEB APPS (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Lync, OneDrive, OneNote)

Future Capabilities Include:

Office Mobile including both iPhone & Android (subscriptions for up to 5 devices),
Web Conferencing
Audio Calls (Lync-to-phone)

Things to note:

If you have LU email setup on your phone you will need to delete it and re-add it. See below Getting Started Guide.
Once you graduate or depart from Lawrence you will no longer have access to your Lawrence email account.
Once you graduate or depart from Lawrence you will no longer have access to the Office 365 apps or the OneDrive cloud storage.

Accessing Office 365

From your favorite browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome) go to: http://outlook.com/owa/lawrence.edu
Enter your Lawrence username and password, click Login

Using webmail

This webmail is very intuitive with a clean web interface for managing your email, calendar and contacts.
For the basics of email, calendar, and managing your address book. Check it out Outlook Web App Office 365
For customizing webmail see these tips.

Mobile Devices: Setup for Email/Calendar

Note – You MUST delete your existing Lawrence mail account on your mobile device before adding the new one.

Android setup:

Go to Settings - Accounts - Add Account - Email (for newer versions of Android choose Corporate Version)
In the email address field enter your full Lawrence email address
In the password field enter your Lawrence email password.
Select Manual Setup - Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
In the Domain\Username field enter (lawrence.edu\username@lawrence.edu)
Skip the Password field as it should already be filled in.
In the Exchange Server field enter: m.outlook.com
Check that use ssl is checked, click Next
Select options for the content you’d like to sync, click Next
After Naming your account, finish the setup on your account.
You will be warned about the app needing administrator rights on your device. Select activate to complete the email configuration successfully.

iPad/iPhone setup:

Go to Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars - Add Account - Exchange
In the Email field enter: your email address
In the Password field enter: your LU password, click Next
In the Server field enter: outlook.office365.com
In the Domain field enter: lawrence.edu
In the Username field enter: username@lawrence.edu ( smithj@lawrence.edu)
Skip the Password field if fill out previously, click Next
Select the features you’d like to sync, click Save

Windows Phone/RT:

Go to Mail.
Go to Settings - Accounts - Add an Account
Select Exchange from list.
For the email address field enter your username@lawrence.edu (smithj@lawrence.edu)
For your password enter: enter your Lawrence email password.
Click Connect.

Laptop or Desktop: Setup for Email/Calendar:

Apple Mail Instructions (PDF)

Microsoft Exchange Instructions (PDF)

Windows 8 or 8.1 Mail App Instructions (PDF)

Office 365 Apps

Office 365 apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, One Drive, Outlook) are now available for free to the Lawrence University Community. Note, the availability of these applications and the OneDrive storage space is contingent on your student enrollment or your employment with Lawrence. When you graduate from Lawrence or end your employment with Lawrence these applications will automatically be removed from your devices AND you will no longer have access to your online Office 365 or the OneDrive cloud storage.

These applications can be installed on up to five devices. To download follow the below steps: