How to add an additional Outlook account (Windows)

This article guides users through adding an extra Outlook account on the desktop version for Windows. It covers signing in, managing permissions, and accessing the added account.

This article will show you how to quickly add an additional Outlook account (for a department email or alternate email address) in the desktop version of Outlook for Windows.

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1. Open up the Outlook app from your desktop or start menu.

  

2. You should already be signed into your normal Buffalo State network account. If not, sign into this first.
3. Once signed in, select File in the top left corner

 

4. Ensure Info is selected in the top left corner, and then select Add Account underneath your listed email account. 

5. The Outlook sign in page will open. On this page, input the Email address in which you would like to sign in with. 

6. If it is a Buffalo State email account, it will prompt the Buffalo State sign in process. Re-enter the username for the account and then enter the password on this page. Complete the MFA verification if prompted. 

7. On the next page, be sure to un-check the box next to Allow my organization to manage my device. Then click No, sign into this app only, and NOT OK. 

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8. Once you see the Account successfully added screen, you will have to restart Outlook to see the changes take place. Click Done, then close out of Outlook, then re-open. 

9. You should see the alternate email account listed under the account that was previously signed in. You may have to scroll past other inboxes/folders you have listed in outlook. 

From here, you will be able to view, send, and reply to messages from the alternate email account.