STUDENT E-MAIL - University of South Carolina

1. Login to VIP (https://vip.sc.edu)
   (Forget your PIN ? Students should contact the Registrar's Office; faculty/staff should contact your departmental Human Resources representative)
2. Select the "Technology" Link
3. Select "Show Me Network Username"
4. Your USC Network Username will be displayed and you will be prompted to choose a password. You will be asked to type it twice for verification. Your password must be a "strong" password.  Rules on legal passwords will be displayed.
5. Click on the "SET PASSWORD" button to set your password to the value you have specified.

PLEASE NOTE that setting your password through VIP will change your password for all participating systems, including access to many departmental networks and labs on campus, as well as the Blackboard system.
If you are locked out of Outlook Live@edu because of multiple attempts to login with an incorrect password (this is a security feature), just log back into VIP and reset your password.

ATTENTION GRADUATING STUDENTS:

• Digits
• Special Characters
• Upper Case Letters
• Lower Case Letters
  

The best passwords are derivations of phrases rather than simply words.  For example, pick a phrase that is easy for you to remember, use the first letter or more of each word of the phrase, and then modify those to use numbers and special characters as well.  For example, suppose your phrase is  "Is it Friday yet?" you could create a password such as !z!tFr1y@?  (Please do not use this example as your password.)

• Reset your password at VIP. Wait a few minutes then log back into Outlook Live@edu .
• Make sure you are logging in with your email address username@email.sc.edu, not just username.
• Try completely closing your browser. Open a new browser session and log back into Outlook Live@edu. If you have a Hotmail or other service linked with Microsoft, your browser may still be logged into that account. A new browser session should correct this issue.
• If you are still having problems, please contact the University Technology Services Service Desk at 777-1800 or servicedesk@sc.edu .

• Select Personal from the left-hand menu.
• Select Online Directory Data and Alias.
• Select Update Form.
• In the box labeled ‘Preferred Name,’ enter the name you wish to display rather than your first name in the address book.  Do not include your last name.
• Select Update.

Please note that this update does not take effect immediately.  The updates for address book data are run each night; the Exchange global address book should display your preferred name by the next day.

For more information regarding the limits on your Outlook Live@edu email please click here.

For more information regarding the limits on your Outlook Live@edu email please click here

• By default, your Outlook Live@edu mailbox already has junk email filtering enabled.  Any email that is evaluated with a spam confidence level (SCL) of 4 to 6 will be delivered directly to your Junk Box.
  
• You can block specific senders by including their email address in your Blocked Senders list.  You may block entire groups of senders by specifying a particular email domain.
  
• You can maintain a list of Safe Senders; you may specify individual email addresses or entire domains.  You may opt to include all your contacts as Safe Senders.  You also have the option of receiving email only from those on your Safe Senders list.

To configure your spam management options, login to your Outlook Live@edu account, select the options link at the upper right-hand corner of the page, then select ‘Junk E-Mail’ from the menu in the left-hand column.
Please click here for more information regarding spam management with Outlook Live@edu.

1. To access these portions, login to your Live@edu account and click on Profile.
2. Once your profile loads, click on Permissions.  This will list various permissions for your account.
3. The permissions for your social profile are located all under the Profile details (which include Name, Contact Info, Profile Picture, About You, Your Network, Personal Message, Social, Favorite Things, Work Info, and Education Information).
4. You will have to change the privacy setting on each portion.  For an example if you wanted to change the privacy level on About You, click on Permission located next you About You.  This will ask you which privacy level you want to have on the About You Section.
   
   Everyone (Public):  This level of privacy is wide open.  Selecting this option will allow the particular portion of your social profile to be viewable by everyone, regardless if you have accepted them as friends or not.
   
   My Network:  This level of privacy is for friends only.  Selecting this option will allow only your approved friends to view this information on your social profile.
   
   My Extended Network:  This level of privacy is for friends of friends.  Selecting this option will allow one of your approved friends friend to view your profile.  An example is if Joe and you are friends but Joe’s friend Chris wants to view this portion of your profile, Chris can.
   
5. After selecting which level of privacy you want for that portion, click Save.