Email and Calendar

Email and calendar service is provided for use by all University members.  It is supported by both in-house email systems and outsourced email platform with anti-spam and anti-virus protection.

Staff

Supported by a number of in-house systems running on Microsoft Exchange (HKUCC1 or HKUCC-COM@hku.hk).  Each account is allocated with 15GB disk quota (email archive is available when disk quota exceeds) with accessibility to Global Address List (GAL).

Can access via

Students

Powered by Microsoft from 1 June 2022 (@connect.hku.hk) and students can keep using their email accounts after graduation.

Can access via

Graduates

Graduates of 2012 and beyond can keep using their student email accounts (@connect.hku.hk) after graduation.  Earlier graduates will have their HKU email accounts created on @graduate.hku.hk (@10MB disk quota).

 

Can access via

  • webmail.hku.hk
  • Other supported email clients or apps (Outlook or OWA) for those using @connect.hku.hk
Retirees

Retirees can continue using their staff email accounts (@hku.hk) and is subject to annual renewal.      

 

Can access via

Honorary Appointees

Departments can apply for an HKU Poral account for use by their honorary appointees via CF-106b.

Can access via

Departmental

Account Holders

Department can apply for a departmental account for projects or collaboration works via CF-106b.

Can access via

MFA

Multi-Factor Authentication

February 2024
February 2024

Mandatory for all staff accounts

May 2024
May 2024

Mandatory for all student accounts