Bring Your Own Device

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Bring Your Own Device (or BYOD) refers to the use of a personal device for WSU network services such as email. This includes phones, tablets, and other mobile devices.

When setting up email on these devices several special steps will be required to secure the device.

Apple Devices

On an Apple device you will see the following screens after configuring your email:

  • It will make you aware that there is a passcode requirement.

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  • It will then prompt you to enter a 4 digit passcode.

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  • Reenter the 4 digit passcode.

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  • Your device is now encrypted and safe to use for the email app.

Android Devices

Checking your email on an unencrypted Android device

If you would like to use WSU email on your non-WSU Android device without encrypting it, you will need to view your email through a browser. Please follow these steps:

NOTE: These instructions will work the same on either a phone or a tablet.

  • On your Android device, open your internet browser.
  • In the address bar type m.outlook.com then hit enter. The My Webmail login page should appear

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  • In the address bar, click the star icon to create a bookmark to this page

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  • Name the bookmark "WSU email" and click save

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  • On the screen that shows your bookmarks, click and hold the WSU email box until you see a menu appear

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  • On the menu, choose "Add shortcut to home"

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  • Click on the WSU email bookmark once again to go to the WSU email login page
  • Click on the round circle next to "This is a private computer"

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  • Enter your full WSU email address and password to sign in.
  • Once you're signed in, your WSU email will appear the same way it does if you were to check it from an internet browser on a desktop or laptop computer.

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  • From now on, to quickly access your WSU email, simply click on the bookmark that you created on your home screen. Click your home button on your device to return to your main screen and you'll see the icon below. This icon will bring you directly to the WSU email login page.

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Checking your email on an encrypted Android device

If you would like to continue to use your Email app to check email, then your device must be encrypted. Encrypting an Android device may take up to an hour or more. Make sure to plug in your device and set aside enough time to encrypt the device. Most Android devices will only encrypt if they are charged over 80% and are currently plugged into a power source.

To encrypt your Android device you will need to take the following steps after configuring your email app:

  • First you must setup a PIN on your device. Go to your device's Settings screen, tap Security, tap Screen Lock, tap PIN or Password, and set a new PIN.

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  • To encrypt your phone open Settings, tap Security, tap Encrypt phone (or Encrypt tablet).

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  • Read the warning and follow its instructions then tap Encrypt phone (or Encrypt tablet).

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  • The device will prompt you for your PIN or password, enter it in to continue the encryption process.
  • You will see a progress bar for the encryption process; simply let your phone sit and work its way through the encryption process.
  • Your device is now encrypted and safe to use for the email app.

WSU Information

Information on "Personal Employee Devices Will Require Additional Security"

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