Office 365 Bookmarks Toolbar Shortcuts

The Office 365 rollout to the libraries has been going great so far and we are looking forward to other libraries coming aboard in the next couple months.  One topic that I’d like to address is the correct way to create an Office 365 login screen shortcut for your browser’s Bookmarks Toolbar.  We have had a few calls come in about this issue.

For most sites, the easiest way to make the shortcut is to open your browser, go to the website, then drag the icon (or lock) to left of the URL in the address bar to your bookmarks toolbar.   Unfortunately, if you do this with the mail.scls.info URL, your shortcut will end up only working temporarily.  After you go to mail.scls.info, your browser actually redirects you to a session-specific URL that only works for a short amount of time.

Here is the correct way to make Bookmarks Toolbar shortcuts for each browser:

Firefox

1. Open Firefox
2. Right-click an empty area of your Bookmarks Toolbar
3. Click New Bookmark…
4. Name it something like Office 365 Login
5. For the location, simply enter mail.scls.info
6. Click Add

Chrome

1. Open Chrome
2. Right-click an empty area of your Bookmarks Toolbar
3. Click Add Page…
4. For the Name, delete what is already there and enter something like Office 365 Login
5. For the URL, clear out what is there and enter mail.scls.info
6. Click Save

Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Go to mail.scls.info
3. Drag the icon to the left of the URL to your Bookmarks Toolbar
   
4. Right-click the new shortcut
5. Select Properties
6. Delete the URL that is listed and simply enter mail.scls.info
7. Click OK