Maguire McNeice email setup

Set up Microsoft Authenticator, enrol MFA and open your Exchange profile in Outlook.

Install Microsoft Authenticator

On your phone, use Microsoft’s official download page. The app publisher must be Microsoft Corporation.

Download Microsoft Authenticator

Enrol MFA

  1. Open a new browser window and go to Outlook.com.
  2. Sign in with your username and password.
  3. Follow the on-screen flow to set up MFA with Microsoft Authenticator.

Contact Melissa if you need your password.

Start Outlook with Exchange

  1. Close Outlook if it is already open, then start it again.
  2. At Choose Profile, open the list and select Exchange.
  3. Click OK.

Do not choose Outlook and do not delete either profile.

Outlook Choose Profile window with Exchange selected from the Profile Name list
Select Exchange, then click OK. Tap the image to enlarge it.

Optional: stop Outlook asking each time

  1. Select Exchange.
  2. Click Options >>.
  3. Tick Set as default profile.
  4. Untick Prompt for a profile to be used.
  5. Click OK.
Outlook Choose Profile window showing Exchange and the Options button
Choose Exchange and open Options.
Outlook profile options with Set as default profile ticked and Prompt for a profile to be used unticked
Set Exchange as default and turn off prompting.