Pacific University
Outlook Web Access
Microsoft Outlook™ Web Access is a web browser-based e-mail client designed to work with your Microsoft Exchange mail server mailbox. Microsoft Outlook Web Access is not a replacement for the Outlook and Exchange mail clients, but rather increases the remote access options available to Exchange mail server users. Microsoft Outlook Web Access gives Exchange users the ability to check their e-mail from any supported web browser.
Microsoft Outlook Web Access can be used by any Pacific University staff or faculty member with an Exchange mail server mailbox. Only university staff and faculty may have an Exchange mail server account. If you do not have an account, but would like to have one set up, please contact the Technology Information Center at 503-352-3132 or help@pacificu.edu.
To use Microsoft Outlook Web Access, you must have an Exchange mail server mailbox. You must also use one of the following web browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 (or higher), Firefox 1.0 (or higher), or Netscape Navigator 6 (or higher). Other browsers may work, but are unsupported. We recommend Internet Explorer 6.0; but with all the security risks associated with that browser, you may want to use Firefox.
There are two versions of OWA: the rich version and the reach version. The version that you use depends on the web browser that you use to access OWA. If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows or later, you receive the rich version. If you use Internet Explorer 4.02 or earlier, or any other standard web browser on a PC, Mac, or Unix based computer, you receive the reach version.
The rich version supports proprietary "rich" features, such as dynamic HTML (DHTML), the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol, XML, and Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL). Internet Explorer 5.0 and later are considered "rich" browsers.
The reach version does not support these extended feature sets but does support basic capabilities, such as HTML 3.2 and European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) script standards. Internet Explorer 4.02 and earlier versions of Internet Explorer, as well as Firefox and Netscape Navigator, are considered reach browsers.
The reach version uses a simpler user interface than the rich version because it was designed for browsers that do not have proprietary DHTML and XML support.
Some of the extended features available in the rich version of Outlook Web Access (Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows and higher) include:
You must know your PUNetID, password, and Windows domain name. his is most likely the same account you use to login to your computer.
If you were hired before January 2000, your PUNetID will be the same as your current account login.
If you were hired after January 1, 2000, your PUNetID will consist of the first four letters of your last name and the last four numbers of your Pacific University ID (PUID) number.
For Example: If your name was Jane Smith and your PUID# was 123456789, your PUNetID would be smit6789.
All PACIFIC domain accounts use the same password that you have set up at MyAccount.
Currently our Microsoft Exchange mail server only uses accounts from the PACIFIC domain.
On the logon screen, you will see this button:
Click it. Next, one of these dialog boxes will appear:
If the Log In dialog prompt has 3 fields: Enter your PUNetID in the User Name/User ID field. Enter your password in the Password field. Enter PACIFIC in the Domain field. See Figure 1 for guidance.
If the Log In dialog prompt only has two fields (User Name and Password), you must type in your Windows domain and PUNETID using the following format: <domain>\<username>. Your Windows domain and PUNetID MUST be separated with a backslash (\), not a forward-slash (/). If your Windows domain is PACIFIC and your PUNetID is smit6789, you would type in the following: PACIFIC\smit6789. See Figure 1 for guidance.
Once you log in to Outlook Web Access you can click on the Help link on the upper right hand corner of the Outlook Web Access window for further instructions.
