Outlook: Set Up Email Delegates

If you have an email account that you would like share with multiple people, you can set up delegates to create email messages or respond to meeting requests on your behalf.

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 Instructions

Outlook Desktop Client:

1. Click the File tab.

2. Click Preferences, and then click Accounts.

3. Click Delegates and Sharing.

4. Click Add.

   If Add doesn’t appear, an active connection might not exist between Outlook and Exchange. The Outlook status bar displays the connection status.

5. Type the name of the person whom you want to designate as your delegate, or search for and then click the name in the search results list.

   Note: The delegate must be a person in your organization's Exchange Global Address List (GAL).

6. Click Add, and then click OK.

7. In the Delegate Permissions dialog box, accept the default permission settings or select custom access levels for Exchange folders.

Outlook on the Web:

1. Login to http://owa.usu.edu as the owner of the email account.

2. Right-click the Folders tab.

3. Click Permissions

4. Click Add.

5. Type the name of the person whom you want to designate as your delegate, or search for and then click the name in the search results list.

   Note: The delegate must be a person in your organization's Exchange Global Address List (GAL).

6. Click Add, and then click OK.

7. In the Permissions dialog box, accept the default permission settings or select custom access levels for Exchange folders.

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