- Office 2019 for Mac was launched in September 2018 as an update to Office 2016 for Mac. However, some of the new features had already been available as part of the then-called Office 365 subscription.
- Microsoft Office 365 for Mac: Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and others in App Store You can get any of the Office 365 apps in the Mac App Store and use your current subscription with them.
Note
Microsoft Office 2011 For Mac Vs Office 365
When you try to set up Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 to use the archive mailbox feature in Exchange Online for Office 365, your attempt fails. To work around this behavior, use Outlook Web App for mail, and apply retention policies in Exchange Online. Use the following settings when you apply the retention policies.
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Office 365 Vs Office 2011 Mac
Original KB number: 2830042
Problem
When you try to set up Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 to use the archive mailbox feature in Exchange Online for Office 365, your attempt fails.
Workaround
To work around this behavior, use Outlook Web App for mail, and apply retention policies in Exchange Online. Use the following settings when you apply the retention policies:
| Tag name | Tag type | Retention age limit (days) | Retention action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal 1-years move to archive | Personal | 365 | Move to archive |
| Personal 5-years move to archive | Personal | 1825 | Move to archive |
| *Personal never move to archive | Personal | No age limit | Move to archive |
| *This tag is not enabled by default. Items that have this retention tag are either never moved or never deleted. |
For more information about retention policies in Exchange Online, see Retention tags and retention policies.
Whereas Outlook for Mac 2011 doesn't support the archive feature, Outlook 2016 for Mac does support the archive feature. When you use Outlook 2016 for Mac, you can access your archive and move mail items into your archive.
More information
You can create an archive mailbox for a user's primary cloud-based mailbox. Users can use the archive mailbox (also known as a personal archive) to store historical messaging data by moving or copying messages from their primary mailbox to their archive mailbox. The archived messages reside in the cloud, and users can access the messages by using Outlook 2016 for Mac, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010, or Outlook Web App.
For more information about the archive mailbox feature in Exchange Online, see Enable or disable an archive mailbox in Exchange Online.
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Get Outlook for Mac
Outlook is included with Microsoft Office 365. Faculty and staff with full-service SUNet IDs can download Microsoft Office for Mac via webmail for free. See the Microsoft Office page for more information.
Configure Outlook
You can configure Microsoft Outlook to access your Office 365 account by setting up an Exchange connection. An Exchange connection provides access your email, calendar, contacts, and tasks in Outlook.
Note: Two-step authentication may also be required.
- Launch Outlook.
- On the Outlook menu, click Preferences and then click Accounts.
- Select Exchange or Office 365 for the account type
- Enter the following information for your Exchange account:
- Email Address: your @stanford.edu email address
- Method: User Name and Password
- User name: sunetid@stanford.edu
- Password: your SUNet ID password
- Configure automatically: checked
- Click Add Account.
- A message displays asking whether you want to allow the Outlook autodiscover server to configure your settings. Check Always use my response for this server and click Allow.
- Your Exchange account settings display. Close this window.