There are two options for email at UT.
UTmail - Which is Is available to students, faculty and staff and is made available through Google.
Note: Faculty and staff qualify for a UTmail business account, but will be deactivated when employment with the university has ended. University retirees are eligible to keep their account upon retirement.
Office 365 - Which is Is available to UT faculty and staff and delivers Outlook as a web service.
Note: Faculty and staff Office 365 accounts are created by ECE-IT. Please stop by UTA 6.508 or email help@ece.utexas.edu indicating your affiliation with ECE (e.g. new faculty or staff member)
Office 365 accounts are preferred over UTmail in the below cases:
- You require calendar or resource (rooms, etc.) sharing with colleagues on AEMS (Exchange).
- You require email encryption or digital signature.
- Your data is export controlled or subject to a Technology Control Plan, Non-Disclosure Agreement or Sensitive Data Control Plan.
- Your data is specifically protected by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA or Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA.
- Your data is specifically protected by a contract (e.g., NSF, NIH, DOE) and prohibits the use of 3rd party services such as Google's Gmail service.