Set up your Microsoft 365 Exchange Online mailbox for Gmail on an Android device
Prerequisites
- Applies to: User
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time needed: Setting up email takes about five minutes. Propagation of email inside the Gmail® application
depends on the size of the mailbox as well as the internet speed. - Tools required: Licensed user, Android® device with the Gmail application.
Configure your mailbox
Use the following steps to set up your Office 365® Exchange® Mailbox:
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Click Gmail.
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Click on the menu icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
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Click Settings.
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Click Add Account.
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Select Exchange and Microsoft 365.
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Enter an Office 365 email address.
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Click Next.
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Enter your password and click Next.
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If the Redirect request screen displays, you see the follow message:
To configure your account, Gmail is being asked to send account info to https://autodiscover-s.outlook.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml is this ok?
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Click OK.
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When you see the Remote security administration and approve additional security measures, click OK to finalize the setup.
Basic instruction
Now that you have configured the exchange mailbox, here are a few basic functions within the Apple® mail application on the device:
Composing a new message
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In the Mail app, tap the New Message pen inside a square icon at the bottom-right side of the screen.
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Compose the message.
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Tap the paper airplane (send icon) in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Reply to or forward an email
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Tap the message that you want to reply to or forward.
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Choose if you want to Reply, Reply All ,or Forward the email.
- Reply: Sends your response to only the person that sent the message.
- Reply All: Sends your response to everyone the message was sent to, including the CC field recipients.
- Forward: Sends your response to sends the message to another person or group.
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After you compose your message, tap the paper airplane (send icon).
Updated about 1 year ago