Office 365 email forwarding

Office 365 email forwarding allows you to forward incoming emails from your Office 365 mailbox to another email address. This feature is useful when you want to redirect emails to another account, such as a personal email address or a shared mailbox. Here's how to set up email forwarding in Office 365:

Method 1: Using the Office 365 Admin Center

  1. Sign in to the Office 365 Admin Center with your admin credentials.
  2. Go to Users > Active users and select the user whose mailbox you want to forward emails from.
  3. Click on Mail and then click on Forwarding.
  4. Toggle the Forwarding switch to On.
  5. Enter the email address you want to forward emails to in the Forward to field.
  6. You can also specify a forwarding rule by clicking on Add a forwarding rule and selecting the condition and action you want to apply.
  7. Click Save to save your changes.

Method 2: Using Outlook Web App

  1. Sign in to Outlook Web App with your Office 365 credentials.
  2. Click on your profile picture or initials in the top right corner and select View all Outlook settings.
  3. Click on Mail and then click on Forwarding.
  4. Toggle the Forwarding switch to On.
  5. Enter the email address you want to forward emails to in the Forward to field.
  6. You can also specify a forwarding rule by clicking on Add a forwarding rule and selecting the condition and action you want to apply.
  7. Click Save to save your changes.

Method 3: Using PowerShell

  1. Open PowerShell and connect to your Office 365 tenant using the following command: Connect-AzureAD
  2. Run the following command to enable email forwarding: Set-MailUser -Identity <username> -ForwardingSMTPAddress <forwarding_email_address>
  3. Replace <username> with the username of the mailbox you want to forward emails from, and <forwarding_email_address> with the email address you want to forward emails to.

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