How do I enable email on my personal Android phone?


We recommend that you enable email in Microsoft's own application in Outlook. You can also use other email applications. However, this guide concerns the deployment of email in Outlook.

If you have not yet used the email service provided by the University, you can do it the OMA- service.

How to set up a university email address

The introduction of email also requires the deployment of an MFA (Multi-Factor Authenticator). Instructions for installing MFA:

Deployment of Microsoft MFA

If you already have MFA installed, but you have bought a new phone on which you want Outlook and MFA to be installed, please enable MFA on the new phone as follows:

Deploying Microsoft MFA on another device

 

Installing the Outlook application:

1. Open the Google Play store on your phone. Find the Outlook app. Click "Install".

The picture shows the Google Play store. Find the search function using the Outlook app. Click "Install".

2. It will take a few moments to download the app, depending on the speed of your phone's internet connection. Once the app has downloaded, you will be presented with the options to "Uninstall" and "Open". Click on the "Open" button.

The picture shows you in the Google Play store, on the Outlook app page. The download is complete and the "Delete" and "Open" buttons have appeared on the page. Click on the "Open" button.

3. The application will open and ask you to accept the notifications. It is recommended that you accept these so that you will be notified when a new email message arrives.

The picture shows the Outlook application. The app asks for permission to send notifications. Click "Allow".

4. Then click on "Add an account".

The picture shows the Outlook application. The picture shows the buttons "Add account" and "Create new account". Select "Add account".

5. Enter your Microsoft account which is username@jyu.fi, in the blank field. Once you have entered the address in the blank field, the "Continue" button will appear as active --> Click "Continue".

Student NOTE! Your email address can be in a longer format such as name.t.lastname@student.jyu.fi and a shorter format such as username@student.jyu.fi. However, for Outlook and other Microsoft 365 services, log in with the University's Microsoft account username@jyu.fi. Your emails will still be forwarded to @student.jyu.fi.

After clicking on "Add an account", a page will appear asking you to enter in a blank field your email address. Once you have entered it, the "Continue" button will become active.

6. The Outlook application will then transfer you to the University of Jyväskylä's Microsoft 365 login platform. Enter your password and click "Login".

University of Jyväskylä's Microsoft 365 login platform. Enter your password in the blank field and then click "Log in".

7. The application will then send you an Authenticator approval request. Go to the Authenticator application, put the number you see on the screen in the empty field and click "Yes". If necessary, also enter your phone's access code (you can disable this function by following this instruction).

Microsoft Authenticator. Accept the login request.

8. Once you have accepted the sign-in, Outlook will ask you if you want to add another account with your current one. Select "Maybe later".

The picture shows the Outlook application. The application asks if you would like to add another account, alongside the current one. Select "Maybe later".

9. You are now logged in to Outlook and have your emails displayed. If you have a lot of emails, it may take a few moments for the application to load all your messages.

 

You can find more instructions on Microsoft's own website: Set up Office apps and email on Android