Greetings Rebecca,
You can connect to your email accounts, including your work email, through the built-in Mail app on Surface. This includes accounts from Outlook, Hotmail, Google, Yahoo!, and Exchange (using Exchange ActiveSync).
For each email account you want to access from the Mail app, add the account like this:
- From the Start screen, open Mail.
- Open the Settings charm, and then tap or click Accounts.
- Tap or click Add an account, and then choose the type of account you want to add.
- Enter your email address and password and then tap Connect.
The Mail app may find your email provider's settings automatically. If not, you can usually find the info you need on your email account’s website (for web mail), or talk to your system administrator for Exchange account settings info.
See Set up and use Mail and Troubleshoot Mail for more info.