Email

Arcada uses the Microsoft 365 cloud as the email provider.

The easiest way to access your email is through a web browser. The email is located on Office365 and is called Outlook. The web address is outlook.arcada.fi External link.

Please note that some users have two email addresses: E-mail: username@arcada.fi and E-mail: forename.surname@arcada.fi - both addresses have the same inbox. 

Read more about how to use your Outlook online here External link

Configuring Arcada email on your phone

You can use your phone's native Mail-application or download the Microsoft Outlook app from the Google Play or App store whichever applies for your device. In Android, the built-in Gmail app can also be used to access your mail.

1. Add a new "Exchange account".
2. Type in username/email address as E-mail: your-username@arcada.fi
3. Your device should automatically set up the account.
4. If it does not automatically retrieve the settings, these are the manual parameters:
   • Server name: outlook.office365.com
   • Domain\username: E-mail: your-username@arcada.fi

Configuring Arcada email on your laptop

You can use the Outlook-desktop application on your laptop to access the email. The Outlook desktop application is bundled and automatically installed with the Office 365 package on all the staff laptops and classroom computers. 
You can also install it on your personal computer by downloading the Office suite from office.arcada.fi External link. Use the same configuration parameters as for your phone.

Security features?

When you install the Outlook email you will have to accept some security features. These features are not used by Arcada's IT-unit, but you can use them yourself. If you go with a computer to your Outlook email and then choose from the upper right corner Mail Settings -> Options -> General -> Mobile devices, you can e.g. delete everything on your phone if somebody has stolen it. But remember, if you forget to log out from Outlook on a computer or if somebody manages to figure out your password, then they can do the same thing with your phone.

Sending and receiving large files

Sometimes your files are so big that you cannot send them through email or itslearning. For those occasions you can share the files using OneDrive or Funet's Filesender.

Read more in the Funet Filesender tutorial.