Uw Madison Microsoft Office (2024)

FAQs

Does UW Madison provide Microsoft Office? ›

Most UW-Madison faculty, staff, and students have access to download/install Office suite - more details.

UW Office 365 is automatically enabled for the UW NetIDs of enrolled students, employees, and faculty appointments. Other sponsored UW NetIDs and shared NetIDs that do not have default access can be provisioned for access by a current UW employee.

Get started with Office 365 for free

Eligible institutions can sign up for Office 365 Education for the classroom at no cost, including online Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot, plus additional classroom tools.

As a student you're eligible for free access to Office 365 for Education, for the duration of your studies and up to two years after, as long as the OU continues to have an agreement with Microsoft. Office 365 gives you access to Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.

Get started with Office 365 for free

Students are eligible for Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Microsoft Teams, plus additional AI-powered classroom tools. All you need is a valid school email address. It's not a trial – so get started today.

Content provided by MoneySavingExpert. Most students – and those working in education with an academic email address – can get Microsoft's entire Office suite of programmes, and other freebies, for absolutely nothing. To see if you're eligible, enter your academic email address on the Microsoft Office website.

Usually, Office 365 University Subscription is for 4 years (this time can increase depending on the graduation period), once you graduate, the subscription is removed. Now that you have graduated, you cannot use the school id (since it is no longer valid) to activate Office 365 university purchased from third-party.

Go to the Microsoft Office website at https://office.com. Click the Sign In button and then use your online school username and password to access your O365 account. Select Office 365 apps from the “Install Office” drop down. You will then install the application from the download folder in your browser.

You can choose to pay for your subscription on a monthly or yearly basis. The Microsoft 365 Family plan also lets you share these subscription benefits with up to five additional people.

How do I install Microsoft Office with university email? ›

Once logged into your email account, select the box of dots in the top left-hand corner > Microsoft 365 -> A new window will open where you can select 'install and more > install Microsoft 365 apps' and install the system you require for your device/s. This should occur automatically.

Enter your Microsoft account credentials (email and password) or create a new Microsoft account if you don't have one. After signing in, Microsoft Office will attempt to activate automatically using your Microsoft account. If successful, you'll see a confirmation message, and Office will be activated.

Transferring MS Office to Another Computer

Deactivate your license, then uninstall Office on your old computer. Sign into your Microsoft account on your new computer. Download and install Office on your new computer. Sign into Office on your new computer using your Microsoft account information.

Students and educators at eligible institutions can sign up for Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional classroom tools.

There are two basic ways to access UW Exchange: Outlook Web Access. This browser-based option allows you to connect to email and calendars from any computer at any time. Just log in with your UW NetID and password.

Office 2021 is sold as a one-time purchase, which means you pay a single, up-front cost to get Office apps for one computer. One-time purchases are available for both PCs and Macs.