Microsoft Exchange

Use the Outlook Web Interface

Outlook Web Access (OWA) provides easy access to your Exchange account anywhere you have an Internet connection and a Web browser (like Internet Explorer).
You must have an Internet connection, a computer with a Web browser (like Internet Explorer), your Eservices/Exchange password, and have a UVa centralized Exchange account to be able to use OWA on the UVa centralized Exchange server.

Using Outlook Web Access (OWA)

  1. Start your Web browser.
  2. Go to Outlook Web Access (OWA).
  3. Choose:
    • This is a public or shared computer - for computers in public settings; the timeout for these sessions is short.
    • This is a private computer - for computers used in a private settings, where you are the sole or primary person using the computer. the timeout for these sessions is long.
  4. Log in. In the Domain\user name: field, type: eservices\ followed by your computing ID (e.g., eservices\mst3k).
    • Note: You must have eservices as your domain, and you must have a backslash (\) separating your domain from your your UVa computing ID.
  5. Your password is your Eservices/Exchange password; if you don't know it, you can (re)set it.
  6. Click the Log On button.

Check Recommended Settings to do the other settings that UVa recommends.

When you have finished, remember to click the Log Off link and to close your browser.

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