Outlook Web Access - Premium

GENERAL INFORMATION

Information about Email & Calendar Accounts | Requirements | Establish a Connection

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REMOTE ACCESS TO UW-GREEN BAY EMAIL & CALENDAR

Faculty, staff and students with a UW-Green Bay email account will be able to access their email and calendar while away from campus through Outlook Web Access (OWA). All that is required is an Internet connection and a web browser such as Internet Explorer. We recommend that you use Internet Explorer for Windows (v5.5 or later) rather than Netscape or another browser, since OWA was written to make use of the particular technologies built into IE. At this time, no web browser on the Macintosh (including Internet Explorer) provides the full range of features.

The essentials of what you do in the Outlook on campus can also be done through Outlook Web Access, including sending and receiving messages with attachments, locating email addresses in the campus Global Address book or your Contacts, accessing your Calendar, and viewing Public Folders. Email accessed from a remote location will still be available to you when you use Outlook on a UW-Green Bay workstation.

Microsoft Outlook Web Access works by generating Web pages that mimic the Outlook application. As with any work done on the Web, the speed at which your pages form is influenced by factors such as the speed of your Internet connection.

REQUIREMENTS

To access your email from home, you’ll need an account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Internet service can be established through ISPs such as AT&T WorldNet, Infinity, and Green Bay Online; or through services such as America OnLine. Basically, if you can access the Web, you have an Internet connection. Campus Housing provides a high-speed Internet connection for each resident in the Apartments or Residence Halls. In essence, the campus serves as your ISP when you live in campus Housing.

Generally you are also given an email account with your Internet Service Provider as part of the package. These email accounts are separate and distinct from your UW-Green Bay email account. You won’t be accessing your UW-Green Bay account through the application you use to access your ISP email; instead, you’ll be accessing UW-Green Bay email directly from your Web browser.

Any of the popular Web browsers, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape, will work for remote access on both Windows PCs and Macs. (However, the OWA Premium interface is only available with Internet Explorer for Windows.) Modem speeds are a personal issue, but be aware that attachments will move slowly through an older modem (28.8 or slower). A cable modem or DSL connection will provide faster access. You may notice a delayed response in OWA for some operations; especially for operations like loading Public Calendars. Please wait a short time before concluding that things are not working.

ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION and LOGGING ON

After you have established an Internet connection, launch Internet Explorer or other browser application and go to the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay Outlook Web Access logon page: http://www.uwgb.edu/webmail.htm. The Outlook Web Access link can also be found on tabs along the top of the Current Students or Faculty and Staff pages.

The OWA logon dialog box that appears will have two fields as shown below. Enter your campus network/email username (e.g., jacksl21), and password. Click on the Log On button to open Outlook. Select your security setting: "Public" if OWA is on a shared computer or "Private" if this is your office or home computer.

This document is based on and developed from information published in the LTS Online Help Collection (www.uwec.edu/help) developed by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and copyrighted by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Used by permission.