Setting up your Scouts SA email on your PC/Mac using Outlook Desktop
Steps for Outlook 2019 or 365 desktop apps
Please note you can no longer connect to an Office 365 Email using Outlook 2016, 2007 or earlier due to its communication protocol reaching end of life support. For more information, please visit End of Life Support for older versions of Outlook
Outlook 2019 should come preinstalled in your device for Windows PC, otherwise click on Microsoft 365 (office) to set up and login to your MS365 account. This should be in your start menu when you search on desktop.
Once this is done, click on "Install apps" to download outlook on your device. This would come in a classic 2019 version.
For Mac PC, please visit the Apple App store to download Microsoft 365 (office) or login online to https://login.microsoftonline.com. Activate your MS365 account, then click on "Install apps" as seen in image above.
Scouts SA non-for profit licensing provides you access to Outlook classic (2019) being one of many other services that comes with our licensing. For access to Microsoft New Outlook (365) desktop version, you would be required to subscribe, however you can access the web version for free by clicking on https://outlook.office.comIf you do not have an email account setup in Outlook, you will be prompted to set up an account at first login. If you already have other email accounts setup in Outlook, you will need to add your Scouts SA account as an additional account.
For new account:
Enter Username: membernumber@sa.scouts.com.au
Click on "Connect" to start set up.
You should get a prompt as seen in the image below to enter your password.
Password: _enter_your_password and click "sign in".
A multifactor authentication would appear on your device to "approve sign-in request".
Important - Scouts SA has launched the use of Multifactor Authentication for MS365 users as part of a required step to provide an extra layer of security to individual member accounts. This notification would appear during the initial setup process of your Microsoft 365 account. For guide on how to activate this , please see details on: Setup Two Factor Authentication
Once this is clicked through in your mobile phone, you would get a notification that your account has been successfully added.
Deselect the option to set up "outlook on my mobile phone, too".
Click done, and you are set up and ready to go.
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