Microsoft Office 365 - Free for faculty, staff & students

Step by step instructions for obtaining and installing MS Office 365 which allows for current, qualified Faulty, Staff, and Students to access Office365 on their personal devices.   Office365 can be used online within a web browser or for some individuals the desktop apps may be installed on a computer for offline use.

INFO: University Managed devices will come with Office 365 desktop applications pre-installed, so there is no need to follow this procedure.

IF you are an Active Student or  qualified Employee, you should NEVER have to Register for this product, you will automatically be assigned a user based license upon employment or prior to the start of the semester.  POI status does NOT automatically get you a license for Microsoft 365.

INFO: This article is for personally owned devices. University managed computers get Office installed with a device based license during the initial software set-up process or by using Software Center (Windows) or UMS Application Catalog (macOS).

Instructions

Login in for Office 365 use

  1. Sign in to download Office by going to www.microsoft365.com and if you're not already signed in, select Sign in.

  2. Sign in with your @maine.edu account.   

  3. After signing in, follow the directions, starting at step 3 of Microsoft's documentation Download, install or re-install Microsoft 365 or Office 2024 on a PC or Mac under You signed in with a work or school account.

If you experience issues logging into Office applications on your computer, you may have remnants of an older version or another license installed. See Uninstall Office from a PC or How to uninstall Office from a Mac to completely uninstall, then retry the installation instructions above.
WARNING: In most cases, students will lose access to Office 365 one year after their last enrollment in a for credit course. 

Environment

Web access or downloaded app/software

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