Endpoint Manager - Setting up a New Device

Owned by Tony Swink
Last updated: Jan 13, 2023 by William Johnson
3 min read

Before following these instructions, please make sure that you have followed the steps from the previous articles below:

User Logging into the Device

We’ve created a guide for getting the user logged into the device for the first time. You can review the PDF attached below.

Setting up the device

  1. Unpin the current applications from the taskbar. (EXCEPT: File Explorer)

  2. Pin Google Chrome and Outlook to the taskbar

  3. Go to “Default apps” in Settings

  4. Set “Outlook” as the default mail app

  5. Scroll down and set “Google Chrome” as the default Web browser

  6. Open Outlook and press the “Connect” button once the email has loaded into the “Email address” box

  7. Uncheck “Set up Outlook Mobile on my phone, too” before pressing “Done”

  8. Open Google Chrome (Switching focus to Google Chrome will allow Outlook to start syncing the user's emails in the background). You should see a similar welcome screen below:

  9. Use the Already a Chrome user? Sign in link below the Get Started button and have the user sign into Google Chrome using their @ssdmo.org account

  10. A few seconds after signing into Chrome, it will ask you to “Link your Chrome data”. Press “Link Data”

  11. After linking your Chrome data, it will request permission to turn on sync. Press the button “Yes I’m in”

You have successfully finished a new setup with the user!