Create a New Profile in Outlook 2016 (Windows 10)

Audience

Employees

Question

How do I create a new profile in Outlook 2016 with Windows 10?

Answer

You may need to create a new Outlook profile as part of our MinnState.edu Office 365 migration.  Here’s how.

  1. Open Control Panel (click Windows button and type Control Panel).
  2. Click the Mail (32-bit) application.

Control Panel Items

 

3. Click the Show Profiles button

 

Mail Setup

 

4. Click the Add… button to add a new profile.

 

Mail

 

5. Name it UnifiedTenant.

 

New profile for mail

 

6. Complete the steps for adding your account.

 

Add email account

 

7. Make sure the new UnifiedTenant profile is set as your default profile.

 

Unified Tenant profile