Adding a user - Amazon WorkMail

Adding a user

When you add a user, Amazon WorkMail automatically creates mailboxes for them. Users can log in and access their mail from the Amazon WorkMail web application, their mobile device, or by using Microsoft Outlook on macOS or PC.

To add a user
  1. Open the Amazon WorkMail console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/workmail/.

    If necessary, change the AWS Region. In the bar at the top of the console window, open the Select a Region list and choose a Region. For more information, see Regions and endpoints in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Organizations, and then choose the organization to which you want to add users.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose Users, and then choose Add User.

    The Add a user screen appears.

  4. Under User details, in the User name field, enter the user's name. The name also appears in the Email address box. If you want the user to have a different email address from their user name, you can edit the Email address field.

  5. (Optional) Enter the user's first and last name in the First name and Last name boxes.

  6. In the Display name box, enter the user's display name.

  7. In the Email address box, accept the email alias or enter another one.

  8. By default, user are displayed in the global address list. To hide the user from the global address list, clear the Show in global address list check box.

  9. Select Remote user to add a user as a remote user to the organization.

  10. Under Password setup, enter the user's password in the Password and Repeat password boxes.

  11. Choose Add user.