Microsoft Software and Office 365 Information

Summary

As an employee or student of Montana Tech, you are eligible to download the latest Microsoft software titles such as Windows 10 Education and Office 2016 at a small cost through the Microsoft Work at Home program.

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Important

*Please remember these are personal licenses. They are not to be used on any Montana Tech owned equipment.

What is it?

As an employee or student of Montana Tech, you are eligible to download the latest Microsoft Office 365 Suite of software.

Who Can Get it?

Current Montana Tech students and employees.

Table of Contents

   1. Installation for Windows
   2. Installation for Mac
   3. Installation for Android
   4. Installation for IOS
   5. What's Included

Installation for Windows

Step 1:

Navigate to your Montana Tech email through the main Montana Tech website.

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Step 2:

After logging into your email, you will want to click the waffle icon in the top left.

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Step 3:

This will expand a menu with the Office 365 applications, click the 'Office 365' navigation button in the top right.

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Step 4:

From this page, navigate to the top right and expand the 'Install Office' dropdown. You will want to click the first option for 'Office 365 apps'. This will begin installing the executable for installation.

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Step 5:

After the executable has installed, simply open it to begin the installation process.

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Installation for Mac

Step 1:

Navigate to your Montana Tech email through the main Montana Tech website.

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Step 2:

After logging into your email, you will want to click the waffle icon in the top left.

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Step 3:

This will expand a menu with the Office 365 applications, click the 'Office 365' navigation button in the top right.

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Step 4:

From this page, navigate to the top right and expand the 'Install Office' dropdown. You will want to click the first option for 'Office 365 apps'. This will begin installing the executable for installation.

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Step 5:

Once the download has completed, open Finder, go to Downloads, and open the installer.pkg file.

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Step 6:

Select 'Continue' and agree to all terms and conditions.

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Step 7:

When prompted, enter your Mac username and password and click 'Install Software'.

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Step 8:

Once the software has finished installing, click 'Close' to finish.

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Installation for Android

Step 1:

Open the Google Play Store and search "Microsoft Office". Select 'Install'.

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Step 2:

If prompted to login, login with your Montana Tech Email credentials.


Step 3:

If you are logged in automatically from other accounts on your phone and still need to add your Montana Tech email, click the profile icon at the top left.

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Step 4:

On the "Me" page, click the 'Connect account' option.

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Step 5:

After clicking this, you will be prompted to log in. Enter your Montana Tech Email credentials and follow the prompts. This will add your student/faculty account to the list.

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Installation for IOS

Step 1:

Open the iOS App Store and search "Microsoft Office". Select Get:

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Step 2:

If prompted to log in go ahead and do so. However if not, tap the Sign In button:

NOTE: If you already are logged in by default and would like to add an additional account, skip to Step 3.

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Enter your Montana Tech email and select Next:

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Enter your password when prompted to and select Next again.


Step 3:

If you would like to add another account click on the profile icon in the top left corner and select Add or Switch Accounts:

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Step 4:

Then select the Add Account button:

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Repeat Step 2 to sign into your additional account.

 

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What's Included with Office 365?

Setup Microsoft Office Products

Montana Tech's email accounts are now in Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud-based email, web apps, and storage. With Office 365 you receive:

  • A 50 GB Mailbox;
  • 1 TB OneDrive cloud storage;
  • The ProPlus package, which includes Web Apps for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
  • 5 Licenses of Office ProPlus for your personal laptop and device.

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Article ID: 72404
Created
Thu 2/21/19 2:53 PM
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Wed 7/5/23 4:03 PM