Tutorial - Outlook Client Setup (Desktop/Laptop)

Available to

Faculty, Staff, Students

Overview

For students, faculty and staff. Outlook is a management app for email, calendar, contacts and other messaging tools and is part of the Microsoft 365 Office download. Each Faculty, staff and student has five Office licenses available for download to five different personal desktop or laptop computers. ECU-managed computers already have Outlook desktop installed.

Note that if you leave ECU, these licenses are no longer valid, and your documents become read only until you purchase a personal subscription for Office.

Follow these steps to download, install and configure Microsoft Office and Outlook desktop app for your personal computer.

Step 1. Download Microsoft Office to your desktop or laptop

1. Log in to your Microsoft 365 account at pirate365.ecu.edu. Your Microsoft 365 home page opens.
2. Click the Install and more button. From the drop-down menu, click the Install Microsoft 365 apps link. Your account settings open.
   
    
3. Click the Install Office button in the Office apps & devices tile. Follow the prompts to install to your computer.
   
    
4. You now have Microsoft Office downloaded to your computer including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and OneNote.

Step 2. Configure Outlook

Open the Outlook app on your computer. Add your ECU account at the prompt.