Switching to a Hosted Exchange Email Account
Here's the Lowdown: These instructions assume you set up your Hosted Exchange Email account in the admin interface. If you still need to do that, see Getting Started With Microsoft Hosted Exchange Email.
When you are switching to a Hosted Exchange Email account, there are four scenarios you may find yourself in:
Switching to Hosted Exchange Email from a Free Email Service
When you switch from a Workspace Webmail service such as Yahoo!, you need to forward your email to your Hosted Exchange Email account, inform your contacts of your new email, and then import contacts and messages.
For more information about making this switch, see Switching from Third-Party Webmail to Hosted Exchange Email Using Outlook 2007.
Switching an Existing Email Address to Hosted Exchange Email
You can use the same email address that you had before—and upgrade it to Hosted Exchange Email. You can make this switch without losing any messages and without experiencing any downtime, however, you will need to make sure you give yourself a few hours to do it.
For more information, see Switching From Workspace Email to Hosted Exchange Email without Losing Any Messages.
Creating a New Email Address Using Hosted Exchange Email
If you're starting from scratch, follow the instructions in Getting Started With Microsoft Hosted Exchange Email. Then see the information below in Setting Up an Email Client for Hosted Exchange Email.
Setting Up an Email Client for Hosted Exchange Email
You can connect to your Hosted Exchange Email account using a desktop, laptop, or mobile device.
Desktop Clients
- Setting Up Outlook 2010 for Hosted Exchange Email
- Setting Up Outlook 2007 for Hosted Exchange Email
- Using Hosted Exchange Email with Microsoft Entourage
- Using Hosted Exchange Email with Apple Mail
- Setting Up Hosted Exchange Email Using Outlook 2011 for Mac
