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How to access your OneDrive associated with your university email account.
Access a department shared email mailbox (employee, student-employee, student organizations). Instructions for: Windows Desktop Client, Outlook Online, Apple.
Step by step instructions on how to add an out of office reply to a shared mailbox.
Student email accounts close after a period of time following graduation or end of enrollment. Before the accounts are closed, emails can be saved to a personal account using these instructions.
View instructions on how to change your Primary Email address to metrostate.edu. Your primary email address is displayed as your 'FROM' address on all email.
Change the display name order of contacts on Outlook desktop client and Outlook Web.
View instructions on how to create an Email Outlook Signature (Outlook Desktop Client and Web App).
View information you need to know about your email / M365 account if you are an employee taking classes at Metro State.
This article is for instructors who wish to contact their students. The available options for instructors are listed within this article.
View employee email information for those who are affiliated with more than one Minnesota state institution and and how to set primary email address and institution.
Email from all affiliated Minnesota State institutions will be delivered to one mailbox. Students can select their primary email account.
Email setup on Android mail (default email application built into on laptops/desktops). Note, for best user experience, use Microsoft Outlook mobile app rather than Android mail.
Set up Email on MacOS native Mail application (default email application built into on laptops/desktops).
Set up Email on iOS native Mail application (default email application built into iPhones/iPads).
View step by step instructions on how to configure the Outlook Desktop Client on your Apple computer.
Instructions to set up Outlook Desktop client for Windows personally owned devices.
Setup Outlook Desktop Client for Windows on University Owned Devices
For the best user experience, Microsoft Outlook mobile application is recommended for accessing your university email account.
View legal name or social security change process.
Step by step instructions on how to do a mail merge from a shared mailbox.
How to access your employee email for the first time and other employee login information.
View steps to set up an email rule to help manage email sent from contacts from another institution.
View preferred name change process.
Instructions to share your individually owned Outlook calendar(s) with another contact that exists within the organization global address book.
How to recover a deleted file from the shared drive and or a previous version.
Description of StarID account access for Employees.
Description of StarID account access for Students.