Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts on iPad

In addition to the apps that come with iPad and that you use with iCloud, iPad works with Microsoft Exchange and many of the most popular internet-based mail, contacts, and calendar services. You can set up accounts for these services.

Set up a mail account

  1. Go to Settings  > Mail > Accounts > Add Account.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Tap an email service—for example, iCloud or Microsoft Exchange—then enter your email account information.

    • Tap Other, tap Add Mail Account, then enter your information to set up a new account.

Set up a contacts account

  1. Go to Settings  > Contacts > Accounts > Add Account > Other.

  2. Tap Add LDAP Account or Add CardDAV Account (if your organization supports it), then enter your server and account information. (See Use other contact accounts on iPad.

Set up a calendar account

  1. Go to Settings  > Calendar > Accounts > Add Account.

  2. Tap Other, then do any of the following:

    • Add a calendar account: Tap Add CalDAV Account, then enter your server and account information; see Set up multiple calendars on iPad.

    • Subscribe to iCal (.ics) calendars: Tap Add Subscribed Calendar, then enter the URL of the .ics file to subscribe to; or import an .ics file from Mail.