Required: An E-mail account should already be created on the Exchange Server 2010, a wired Internet connection on campus or VPN with uf.
As of yesterday afternoon (Jan 27, 2016), office Mac users could not use Outlook 2011 for Mac to access our Comcast Hosted Exchange server. Similar issue with Apple Mail on MacBooks, but NOT for iPhone Mail users. Windows users with Outlook 2010 had no problems. Browser-based Outlook Web Access users had no problems. Configuring MS Outlook 2011 for Mac for Use with Office 365. Here below are listed the steps to take in order to configure MS Outlook 2011 for Mac for use with 365 in Exchange mode. The guide has been tested working on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion). Screenshots are taken from Lion thus may slightly differ on other versions of.
Basic settings: mail.ufl.edu (Exchange 2010 mailboxes) for the mail server address
Step 1:
After installing the software, click on Add Account Button (optional: check if you want to make Outlook the default application for e-mail)
Step 1 (Optional):
If you do not see the splash screen above you could go to Tools > Accounts
Step 2:
The Account setup assistant will open, select Exchange Account
Step 3: Users on Exchange 2010 mailboxes
Enter the email address for Exchange (i.e.: user@ufl.edu)
Enter user name in the as username@ufl.edu format and prefix an UFAD (an example is UFADuser@ufl.edu)
Enter your password
Step 4:
Click Add Account. Outlook 2011 is now set-up and is getting mail from your Exchange server.