Using Mail/Calendar Apps

ITS recommends using your Browser, and Google Mobile Apps with your NEC Google account.

Some members of the community may prefer to use other tools (including Apple Mail and Calendar or Outlook) to manage their Google email and Calendars. ITS provides best effort support for Google email and calendar in these applications.

Disabling your previous O365/Exchange email account in Outlook

After the migration, you will need to remove your O365 Exchange account from Outlook. Otherwise, Outlook will continue to attempt to connect to the disabled account.

Removing an email account from Outlook on your Mac

Removing an email account from Outlook on your PC

Installing Google Apps (for the first time) on your smartphone or tablet

Google provides smartphone/tablet apps for Mail, Calendar, Drive, Chat and Meet, as well as apps for reviewing and editing Google Docs, Spreadsheets and Slides. These can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.

Email - Search for Gmail (includes Chat and Meet)
Calendar - Search for Gcal or Google Calendar
Drive - Search for Google Drive

Adding your NEC Account to Existing Google Apps (if you are already a Google user)

Gmail - Click on the account profile icon in the gmail app window and choose Add another account.
Gcal - Click on the menu icon and scroll to Settings. Scroll to Manage accounts and then Add another account.
Drive - Click on the account profile icon in the drive app window and choose Add another account.

Using Apple Mail and Calendar with Google


Using Outlook for Managing Google Email and Calendar

  • Follow Microsoft's Instructions for adding your NEC Google account to Outlook

  • To add your NEC Google account to an Outlook app on your phone or mobile device, use the Add Account feature (found by touching the account profile picture).