Install Microsoft Office 365 Apps on a Personally-Owned Device

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Last updated: Jun 14, 2024 by
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Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise is included in your University license for your personally-owned device.  ITS does not provide support for the locally-installed versions of Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise on personal devices. ITS only supports the web-based versions of Microsoft 365 apps (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) on personally-owned devices.

UAlbany faculty, staff, and students are entitled to install and use Microsoft 365 Apps (M365) (a.k.a. Microsoft Office) on personally-owned devices while they have UAlbany Mail email accounts.  Please click here for additional information.

This can be installed on up to 15 devices in total: 

  • 5 installations on Windows (Windows 10, 11) and Mac (the three most recent versions of macOS) devices

  • 5 installations on smartphones

  • 5 on tablet devices

You may deactivate the license for workstations where you have already installed the software to free up licenses, if needed.  

Faculty & Staff

Faculty and staff should not perform this installation on a University-owned computer without first consulting the Technology Coordinator who supports the computer.  See How to get Microsoft 365 Apps for your computer for information on getting M365 for your University-owned computer.

Instructions

  1. Log in to Outlook on the web (formerly called Outlook Web App or OWA) on your Windows or Mac computer.

  2. Click on your "waffle" icon in the top left corner of the page and then click the icon for Microsoft 365:

  3. Next, click the Install and more button > Install Microsoft 365 apps:

  4. Click Install Office in the Apps & devices section:

  5. Run that file when it finishes downloading and follow the on-screen prompts to begin installing the latest version of Office on your computer.

  6. Before you can start using any M365 Office application, you will need to activate your copy: