{"id":354,"date":"2025-05-06T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/?p=354"},"modified":"2025-05-06T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:02:22","slug":"outlook-settings-for-microsoft-365-email-accounts-for-both-outlook-2013-and-outlook-2016-which-use-nearly-the-same-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/microsoft-email\/outlook-settings-for-microsoft-365-email-accounts-for-both-outlook-2013-and-outlook-2016-which-use-nearly-the-same-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Outlook settings for Microsoft 365 email accounts for both Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016, which use nearly the same configuration."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\ud83d\udce7 Manual Outlook Settings \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u26a0\ufe0f Preferred Method:<\/strong> Use Auto Account Setup (Autodiscover)<\/strong> for Microsoft 365. Just enter your email and password.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If Autodiscover fails, use the manual method below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udd39 Incoming Mail (IMAP)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Setting<\/th>Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Server<\/td>outlook.office365.com<\/td><\/tr>
Port<\/td>993<\/td><\/tr>
Encryption<\/td>SSL\/TLS<\/td><\/tr>
Protocol<\/td>IMAP<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd39 Outgoing Mail (SMTP)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Setting<\/th>Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Server<\/td>smtp.office365.com<\/td><\/tr>
Port<\/td>587<\/td><\/tr>
Encryption<\/td>STARTTLS<\/td><\/tr>
Authentication<\/td>Required<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd39 Login Info<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Field<\/th>Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Username<\/td>Your full email address (e.g., user@yourdomain.com<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
Password<\/td>Your Microsoft 365 password<\/td><\/tr>
Auth Method<\/td>Normal (not OAuth in 2013 by default)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Steps to Configure in Outlook 2013\/2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  1. Open Outlook \u2192 File \u2192 Add Account<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Choose Manual setup or additional server types<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Choose POP or IMAP<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Enter your details:\n
      \n
    • Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Email Address<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Account Type: IMAP<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Incoming server: outlook.office365.com<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Outgoing server: smtp.office365.com<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Click More Settings > Outgoing Server<\/strong>\n
        \n
      • Check \u201cMy outgoing server requires authentication\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Use same settings as incoming mail server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Click Advanced<\/strong> tab:\n
          \n
        • Incoming: 993 | SSL<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Outgoing: 587 | TLS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Save and test settings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n

          \u2705 Tip:<\/strong> Microsoft 365 accounts can also be connected via Exchange<\/strong> protocol if Autodiscover is working, which enables calendar, contacts, and shared mailbox features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          \ud83d\udce7 Manual Outlook Settings \u2013 Microsoft 365 \u26a0\ufe0f Preferred Method: Use Auto Account Setup (Autodiscover) for Microsoft 365. Just enter your email and password. If Autodiscover fails, use the manual method below: \ud83d\udd39 Incoming Mail (IMAP) Setting Value Server outlook.office365.com Port 993 Encryption SSL\/TLS Protocol IMAP \ud83d\udd39 Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Setting Value Server smtp.office365.com Port […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[354,355],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-email","tag-outlook-settings-for-microsoft-365-email-accounts-for-both-outlook-2013-and-outlook-2016","tag-which-use-nearly-the-same-configuration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}