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When creating a new mail profile, Office 365 setup wizard will not complete

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If you are having issues creating a new mail profile, when setting up an Office 365 mailbox, the steps below should resolve the problem.

First create a blank profile.

  • Open Control Panel

  • Go to Mail (Microsoft Outlook)

  • Click on Show Profiles

  • Select Add and give profile a Name

  • Click OK and on the next prompt, click on Cancel:

  • On the next prompt, Select Ok and it will create a blank profile

  • Make sure the new profile is selected and applied as follows:



Now, when you open the Outlook app, make sure to click on Advanced options and select "Let me setup my account manually":

After this screen, select the account type as O365 and you can now follow the onscreen prompts for the setup.

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