Configure Entourage 2008 for Office 365
If you install Office 2008 for Mac on Mac OS X 10.7, see Installing Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac on Mac OS X 10.7 for additional steps that you need to perform to make sure that you are getting the latest updates for Office 2008 for Mac. Also make sure that you have Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.9 Update or a later version, and Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition.
You need to set up Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition with a new account.
Install Office for Mac 12.2.9 Update
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Open an Office application (for example, Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac).
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On the Help menu, click Check for Updates.
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Choose automatic or manual updates.
Confirm that Microsoft Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition is installed
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In Entourage 2008, click the Entourage menu, and then click About Entourage.
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In the About Entourage window, look at the number next to Version. If the version number begins with 13, you are using Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition.
Configure Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition for Office 365
After you have installed or upgraded to Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition, you must create a new account to be used with Office 365.
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Open Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition.
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On the Entourage menu, click Account Settings.
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Click the arrow next to New, and then click Exchange.
If the New Account screen appears, click Setup Assistant.
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In the Account Setup Assistant, type your complete email address (for example, T.Rex@ndsu.edu) in the E-mail address box, select the My account is on an Exchange server check box, and then click the right arrow to continue.
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Follow the instructions in the Account Setup Assistant.
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After the new account is created, you can view your mail by clicking the new account name in the navigation pane.