Difference between Exchange, Outlook, Webmail, and Exchange Online/Webmail

Exchange
Microsoft Exchange is the name of the e-mail, calendaring, and groupware system at UTHSC. Multiple programs can be used to connect to this system to retrieve and send e-mail as well as use the calendaring features. These types of programs are called Exchange clients.

Outlook
Outlook is the Exchange client used on a Windows computer to connect to Microsoft's Exchange system to check your email, edit your calendar, etc. The Outlook application is the latest Exchange email client for Windows. Outlook can be downloaded by UTHSC faculty and staff for use on university equipment by going to the UTHSC Microsoft Office Distribution Page. You must login with your Net ID and password to get to that download. If you want to acquire Outlook for personal use, free copies can be downloaded by logging into http://o365.uthsc.edu.

Outlook for Macintosh
Outlook is the latest Exchange client for the Macintosh OS. Office for Macintosh (which includes Outlook) can be downloaded by UTHSC faculty and staff for use on university computers. You must login with your Exchange mail username and password to get to the download. Go to our Microsoft Office Distribution Page for more download information. If you want to acquire Outlook for personal use, free copies can be downloaded by logging into http://o365.uthsc.edu.

Outlook Web Access
Outlook Web Access is an Exchange client used to access your Exchange account that does not require an additional program to be installed on the computer. Customers connect to Outlook Web Access over the web through a web browser. For the most part, "Exchange Web Mail " and "Outlook Web Access" (OWA) can be used interchangeably when referring to the UT email and groupware system. The internet address for the Outlook Web Access page from which you can access your Exchange Web Mail account is http://o365.uthsc.edu.

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