M365 Info for Retirees
Your Email Account is changing
When is my email changing?
- As of May 6, 2024, at 4:30 PM all University of Regina Retiree GroupWise accounts will be moving to MS Outlook.
- All your existing emails, folders, calendar items, contacts and tasks in GroupWise will be moved to Outlook.
- Refrain from cleaning up email, moving items around, or deleting items older than 30 days in GroupWise.
- It’s fine to move and delete anything from the past 30 days as they are not copied to Outlook yet.
Information
- Enter email address as your username@uregina.ca (ie: smithma@uregina.ca or willia1r@uregina.ca).
- Enter your usual password, same as used for GroupWise email.
- Through the day, items in GroupWise that are not yet in your Outlook account will be copied over.
- This includes all emails, calendar items, and cabinet folders.
- You can login to GroupWise to check your calendar and compare items to make sure everything has moved over to Outlook correctly.
- Sign in online on a browser (Firefox, Chrome, etc.) at https://www.outlook.com
- You can download Outlook software on your Windows computer/laptop if you perfer using this by downloading it from https://www.outlook.com.
- Login with your username@uregina.ca and usual password.
- See setup instruction here after you have downloaded the software and open it on your computer: See, Setup Outlook Account
- Install the MS Outlook App on your mobile device from the Apple App Store (on iOS) or Play Store (on Android): See, Mobile Device Setup instructions
- If you have a Mac computer/laptop you can configure MacMail with your Outlook account by adding it as an ‘Exchange’ account.
View the Outlook information page on the M365 Hub
- Phone the IT Support Centre at 306-585-4685 on weekdays 7:30am to 9:45pm, or weekends 9:00am to 9:45pm.
- Visit us in person in ED 137 on weekdays between 7:30am and 4:30pm, or weekends in the Archer Library from 9:00am to 8:00pm.
Yes, you can Sign In online anytime at https://www.outlook.com to have a look.
- Ensure to enter username@uregina.ca (not just username by itself) and your usual password.
- You may notice some older emails have already been copied over to Outlook, more recent emails, as well as all calendar entries, will start showing up through the day on May 6.
No, your uregina Microsoft account provides access to MS Outlook email and calendar only.
FAQs
- Yes, but you will need to sign in with username@uregina.ca
- Just your username alone will no longer be sufficient.
If you use Webmail to access your University of Regina email, please contact the IT Support Centre or if you come to campus for the upcoming in-person support we can assist you then (see below).
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If you set up a rule in GroupWise to forward your email elsewhere, it will no longer be in place.
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After your account has been converted, you will a need to access your @uregina.ca email via https://www.outlook.com or install the MS Outlook App and sign-in.
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If you need to forward your @uregina.ca email to another address, there will be a webpage created for this purpose.
- Contact IT Support if you require assistance.
- All U of R email will go to your new Outlook account.
- If you have your @uregina.ca email forwarded to another email address, or if you read your UofR emails in another program (software), you need to login to Outlook (http://www.outlook.com) to view your emails.
- Contact IT Support if you require assistance.
Help and Support
You can call or email us for assistance or come to campus to the IS Service Desk (formerly, IT Support Centre) in the Education Building, Room 137 or the John Archer Library IS Service Desk (formerly, IT Support Centre) on the main floor.
IS Service Desk
(formerly, IT Support Centre)
Phone: 306-585-4685
Toll-free in Canada: 1-844-585-4685
Email: Service.Desk@uregina.ca
Phone-In Hours
Monday - Thursday: 7:30 AM - 10 PM
Friday: 7:30 AM - 9:45 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 9 AM - 9:45 PM
IS Service Desk
Education Building 137
In-Person Hours
Monday - Friday: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Dr. John Archer Library
IS Service Desk Help
In-Person Hours
Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 9:45 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 9 AM - 9:45 PM