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UAlbany faculty, staff, and students are entitled to install and use Microsoft 365 Apps (M365) (formerly called Office 365 ProPlus) 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 7, 8.1, or 10) 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
- Log in to Outlook on the web (formerly called Outlook Web App or OWA) on your Windows or Mac computer.
- Click on your profile icon in the top right corner (this may have your initials or be a profile picture):
- Click View Account in the menu that opens.
- Click Office apps on the left side:
- Click Install Office in the Apps & devices section:
- Save the setup file if prompted.
- The installer setup file will download and you will be shown some instructions on how to proceed:
- Run that file when it finishes downloading and follow the on-screen prompts to begin installing the latest version of Office on your computer.
- Before you can start using any M365 Office application, you will need to activate your copy: