Note: The Surface tablet currently doesn't support POP3 email accounts. To change your email account, see Changing From POP to IMAP. To Set up Email on Your Surface Tablet. Tap Add an account. Tap Other account. Tap IMAP, and then tap Connect. Enter your Email address and Password, and then tap Connect. Setup Gmail in Windows 10 Mail App. To get started, let's setup the Mail app first. The great thing about the three apps in Windows 10 is that they are all integrated. Once you add your Google account to the one app, it will automatically be added to the other two apps too. Opening Gmail in a Private Window. It may seem strange, but some users claim that opening Gmail. Just got my shiny new Surface Pro 3 and I was wondering about an app to read my email. I currently use Gmail but it looks like they don't offer a windows app. I know I can just access Gmail in a browser, but I thought an app on the tablet might be a more readable experience.
-->Before you connect to your Gmail account from Outlook on the web, or add a Gmail account to Outlook, you need to prepare your Gmail account. You need to turn on 2-step verification for Gmail and then create an app password that Office 365 will use with your Gmail address to make the connection.
You will also have to do this if your admin is planning to migrate your Gmail or Google Workspace Gmail to Microsoft 365 or Office 365.
Enable IMAP for Gmail and Google Workspace Accounts
Please make sure that you have enabled IMAP before you start the migration process. Failure to do so will result in migration-related issues.
To enable IMAP for Gmail or Google Workspace Accounts:
Sign in to your Gmail/Google Workspace account using a supported browser.
Click the gear icon located at the top right of the screen.
In the drop-down menu that appears, click Settings.
Switch to the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
Scroll down to the IMAP access, and make sure that Enable IMAP is selected.
Scroll to the bottom. Click Save Changes.
Enable your Gmail to be connected by Microsoft 365 or Office 365
To use an app password with Gmail, you have to first turn on 2-step verification, and then obtain the app password. Once you have an app password you can use that in combination with your username to connect to Gmail.
To turn on 2-step verification
Sign in to your Gmail account
Select Google apps > My Account.
On the My Account page choose Sign-in & security.
Under the Password & sign-in method, choose the arrow next to the 2-Step verification, and provide your password if asked.
Note
If you have a google apps account and you can't see this setting, your admin has to first turn it on. For instructions (for admin), see Enable 2-step verification for your Google Workspace users.
On the Signing in with 2-step verification page, choose Start setup.
Re-enter your password if asked, and in the Set up your phone step, enter or verify your cell phone. On the next step enter the verification number sent to your cell phone and choose Verify.
In the Trust this computer step choose Next, and in the Turn on 2-step verification step choose Confirm.
To create an app password
Sign in to your Gmail account
Select Google apps > My Account.
On the My Account page choose Sign-in & security.
Under the Password & sign-in method, choose the arrow next to the App passwords, and provide your password if asked.
On the App passwords page, in the Select app drop-down choose Other (custom name).
Type in a name, for example Myconnection > GENERATE.
Note the app password under Your app password for your device. You can use this with your Gmail address in the app you are connecting to your Gmail account (or adding you Gmail account to). This combination grants complete access to your Gmail account by the app that is using it.
After you have entered the app password, you do not have to remember it.
Important
The 16-character app password is displayed with spaces so it is easier to read. When you enter it to the app you want to connect, ignore the spaces and enter it as an unbroken string of 16 characters.
Now you're ready to add your Gmail account to Outlook. When you're prompted for a password, you enter this app password for your Gmail account. Don't enter your Gmail password. For instructions on adding your Gmail account to Outlook, see these articles:
Optionally revoke the app password
Starcraft 2 movie. If you need the Gmail connection for a brief time only, for example for an IMAP mailbox migration that your admin is running, you can later revoke the App password.
To revoke the app password code:
Sign in to you Gmail account
Select Google apps > My Account.
On the My Account page choose Sign-in & security. Does final cut pro work on pc.
Under the Password & sign-in method, choose the arrow next to the App passwords, and provide your password if asked.
On the App passwords page, select REVOKE next to the app password you want to revoke.
Related Topics
Many of the questions we get from folks are centered around getting Gmail (in particular the calendar piece) to work with their Surface tablets. In response, we've written multiple posts on the subject to help you setup Gmail on Surface tablets over the past several months and they have often been among our most popular posts.
So today, we've gathered them all up into one place so that you can easily find the answers you're looking for when you're trying to setup Gmail on Surface tablets for maximum functionality.
Sync Google to Surface RT: This post was one of the first ones we wrote on the schism between Microsoft and Google about the discontinuance of Gmail's support for ActiveSync. That decision effectively broke the Surface's (and Windows 8.x, in general) ability to sync anything but simple IMAP mail with Gmail. These instructions still work if you've not upgraded to Win 8.1.Windows 8.1 Breaks Google Calendar Sync: When Windows 8.1 was announced we (along with a lot of people) were hopeful that Microsoft had come up with a way to allow for full function syncing between the Metro Mail/Calendar app and Gmail again. We were disappointed but, we came up with some ideas on how to work around the problem. This post explains the options you are left with.Sync Google Calendar in Outlook RT: Despite not fixing the Metro Mail/Calendar app issues, Windows 8.1 on the Surface RT included Outlook RT which was noticeably missing in the Windows 8.0 version. Like the built-in mail app, it didn't fully support Google (again disappointing) but it did allow for read-only access to Google calendars. Instructions included.Gmail App For Surface Tablet
Setup Google Apps Sync for Outlook 2013: This post was specifically for Google Apps for Business or Education users with Surface Pro or Pro 2 tablets. In this post, we covered a workaround to let you use one of the 'click to run' version of Outlook 2013 (like Office 365) with the Google Apps Sync tool. This restored full functionality (working mail, calendar, contacts, etc.) but it only works for Surface Pro/2 tablets.Hopefully you've found this post helpful in helping you find the information needed to get Gmail to work with your Surface tablet. We will cover how to move Google Contacts and Google tasks to Outlook in future posts.
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Tim Rolston is a professional geek with over 23 years of experience working in Information Technology and dealing with everything from large-scale storage to remote systems management and automation for organizations such as Texas Instruments, Mobil Oil, and the University of Michigan (where he was an Academic IT Director).
He co-founded JTRTech along with Joanna to realize his long-time dream of working for himself.
