Microsoft Office 365 Education - University Technology Services

What is Office 365 Education?

Microsoft Office 365 Education is a service that enables access to a suite of Office 365 online cloud products, as well as download and install of the full Office Productivity Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and more. The download can be made available on up to 5 personal devices.

Eligibility

All active students, faculty and staff are eligible for the online version of Office 365 and the full Office Productivity Suite.

Faculty Emeritus are eligible for the online version of Office 365. They may also subscribe for the downloadable Productivity Suite with a 30% discount at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/workplace-discount-program

Prior to use, please review the posted Security Information.

For more information on Office 365, please review our Microsoft 365 FAQ.

September 2024

Restrictions and Termination

Your Office 365 Education account will be terminated the same time as your NetID. The account termination guidelines for the NetID accounts can be found on our Access, Accounts and Password Guidelines page. At the time of account deletion, all data and information stored in the cloud service will no longer be accessible or recoverable.

Faculty and staff are reminded to review Policy #860 Information Security before storing data in cloud services, including any Office 365 Education product. Office 365 Education may be used only for materials and information that are not Confidential, and not covered by HIPAA, FERPA, PHI or other similar regulations. Office 365 should be considered a personal service not suitable for official university or departmental business. Prior to use, please review the posted Security Information.

Any agreement that is presented by an Office 365 service is an agreement between you and a hosted solution. As such, this service is provided as is and is outside the control of Oakland University or University Technology Services.