Guide overview
This guide outlines how to access your Hull York Medical School email through a web browser. This guide is for staff and students.
You can also access your email in a number of other ways, such as using a desktop app, or through your mobile phone or tablet. Please also see our other Office 365 help pages at the following link; Office 365 help pages.
Please note, students MUST check their Hull York Medical School email account on a regular basis. It is used by tutors for course information as well as for official medical school communications.
Which Browsers work with Office 365 for the Web
Accessing your email
- Open your preferred web browser. For this example we are using Microsoft Edge. Insert the following URL; https://login.microsoftonline.com/.
- Enter your HYMS username in the format hyxxxx@hyms.ac.uk and click on next.
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You will then see the page refresh with HYMS branding and will be prompted for your HYMS password. Enter your HYMS password and click on sign in.
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You should then see your Office 365 homepage and a range of apps that are available to you (such as Outlook, OneDrive, Word etc,.).
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Click on the Outlook icon to open your email inbox.
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You will now be able to access your HYMS emails.
Further guidance
Microsoft have produced a guide which explains the basics of creating and sending emails and using your Outlook calendar. Please access the guide at the following link; get help with Outlook on the web guide.
Please also see our other Office 365 help pages at the following link; Office 365 help pages. There are many other useful guides, such as accessing your email through your mobile device (HYMS email on smartphone / tablet apps )and further guidance on the best browser for Office 365 online (which browsers work with Office 365 for the web).