The University of Kentucky supports email and cloud storage in Office 365 and Google Apps for Education. All Faculty, Staff and Students automatically receive an Office 365 account to use Office Online or to install the Microsoft Office suite on your device. You may also use Office 365 for your University Email Account. Faculty, Staff and Students may also activate a Google Apps for Education (Gmail) account.
*Note: Dentistry, Nursing and Medical students (most students on MC domain) are required to use Office 365 email. Office 365 accounts are set up for Medical Center students and emails will be sent to that mailbox when they are not sent to your University Email Address (UEA).
Office 365 (Outlook)
Google Apps for Education
What does each cloud service provide?
Google Apps |
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Office 365* |
25GB | Mailbox Quota | 50GB |
20MB | Email Attachment Size | 25MB |
Google Drive: Unlimited | Online File Storage | 1TB |
Gmail | Mail Platform | Exchange |
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*Additional cloud-based tools and services are available with a personal Microsoft Account.
Please visit the Technology Help Center at techhelpcenter.uky.edu for additional email related help articles.