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General Overview

Office 365 Education is a collection of cloud-based services from Microsoft for accessing online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access, Outlook, Publisher, as well as Yammer and SharePoint sites. The services also include 1TB of storage in OneDrive.ÌýÌý Not all services may be immediately available as ÍøÆØÃÅ Information Technology (IT) is working with learning the management aspects of some of the new features.Ìý As additional items are activated, appropriate announcements will be made for those usages.Ìý

Students currently attending ÍøÆØÃÅ can use the online versions, or install the full Office applications for free.Ìý Office 365 Education access enables students to collaborate with others in real-time and share schoolwork.Ìý Full access can be used for up to 5 PCs or MACs, and Office apps on mobile devices including Android, iPad®, and Windows tablets.

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What are the eligibility requirements for Office 365 Education?

You must be an active full-time or part-time Student or Employee at ÍøÆØÃÅ.

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How long can ÍøÆØÃÅ Students/Employees use Office 365 Education?

Students can use Office 365 Education until they graduate or are no longer enrolled at the university.Ìý Student’s eligibility may be re-verified at any time.Ìý Employees can use Office 365 Education during the length of employment.Ìý Afterwards the availability is restricted as follows.Ìý

When the Office Education services expire for a student, the full Office Applications will enter a reduced-functionality mode.Ìý Students will be able to view documents, but cannot edit or create new documents.Ìý Additionally, Online services (i.e. Office Online and OneDrive) will no longer work.

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OneDrive account management for Office 365 Education?

OneDrive is associated with ÍøÆØÃÅ and should be used for school-appropriate content only (i.e., homework and schoolwork).

Note:Ìý Permissions and access can be changed by the administrator at any time.

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Share the Office 365 Education plan with others?

Office 365 Education is licensed for use only by individual students/employees attending ÍøÆØÃÅ, and cannot be shared with others.

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Minimum System RequirementsÌý

To install Office 365 Education for Students/Employees, your PC or Mac must meet the minimum system requirements.ÌýView the system requirementsÌýover at the Microsoft official site.

Online Resources

Office 365 Training Center

OneNote Microsoft Training

OneDrive Microsoft Training

SharePoint Microsoft Training

Skype for Business Microsoft Training

Office 365 Groups & Microsoft Teams

Outlook Training ResourcesÌý

Reference guides, online help, and keyboard shortcuts:

Outlook 2013 (Windows)
Outlook 2013 Quick Start Guide

Outlook 2011 (Mac)
portal.office.com/


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