Step 1

Open the Email App. Don't confuse the Gmail App with the Email App.





Step 2

Type your Exchange Online email address and password, instead of clicking Next you will want to click the Manual Setup button instead.

Step 3

This will take you to the Account Setup menu asking you to choose what kind of email account this is. You should click the Exchange button.





Step 4

Here is where it can get tricky. You have to retype your Domain\Username to be your email address again, and make sure to put a backslash in the very front of of your email name, using the "\" symbol.





For the server name, type outlook.office365.com, and you can keep everything below here on their default settings if you want.









Step 5

After confirming everything after pressing the Done button you should be all set up to use your new Exchange Online account on your android phone!

I recently made the switch from an iPhone 4 to a Moto X android phone. During the changeover I hit a minor stumbling block. I couldn't add an Exchange Online account to my new android email. This task was trivial on the iPhone but I had to spend some time messing around with the settings to get Exchange Online to work. Here are the steps you can use if your trying to do the same: