Students, faculty and staff can download and sign into Microsoft O365 on up to 5 devices! Microsoft O365 includes many applications.
View videos, attend online trainings and learn more about each O365 app in the Office 365 Training Center.
Users can access Office 365 Education software and benefits through the Microsoft Office 365 portal. Students should login using their Crimson email address and myBama password. Faculty and staff should login using their myBamausername@ua.edu e-mail address and myBama password.
To install Office ProPlus on your computer, visit the Office 365 portal, and click Install Office. Once the app is installed, login to Office 365 using your Crimson email address or myBamausername@ua.edu email address. Additional installation instructions are available. To install Office 365 apps on your mobile devices, visit the app store on your device.
Visit the Office 365 PortalNew students can begin using Office 365 Education two weeks before their first class begins.
For installation instructions and troubleshooting information for Office 365, visit Microsoft 365’s website. If you need additional assistance, come by the IT Service Desk located at 125 Gordon Palmer.
Yes. However, you must connect the device to the Internet at least once every 30 days to verify the license.
No. Microsoft does not have a process by which to convert, reimburse, or migrate licensing. Office 365 Education, including Office 365 ProPlus software, is only available through the University’s existing agreement with Microsoft.
Once you are no longer enrolled in classes or terminate employment at UA, your subscription to Office 365 Education will end and your account will be deactivated. You should locally save your content stored on OneDrive before you leave the University as you will lose access to the data once the subscription is terminated. You may enroll into other consumer or commercial offers available, but there is not currently a mechanism in place to transfer your data from an Office 365 Education OneDrive account to a consumer Office 365 OneDrive account.
Your Office 365 Education and myBama accounts are linked. To reset your Office 365 Education password, you must reset your myBama password.
Yes. University-owned machines are also covered under the Microsoft Campus Agreement.
Office 365 is provided free of charge to currently enrolled students, faculty and staff. When departing the University, staff will lose access to Office 365 one day after departure, faculty will lose access six months after departure, and students will lose access one semester after departure.
This software is licensed for use on University-owned and personal machines and devices.
Software obtained through the Office 365 Education plan has the same features and functions as other versions of Office and can be used offline; however, users must connect to the Internet once every 30 days to verify they are still eligible for the program. Upon graduation, separation, retirement or otherwise exiting the University, subscriptions will end. Office 365 Education is provided as a benefit of the University’s Microsoft Campus Agreement.
OIT supports the installation of Office 365; however, OIT does not offer support for individual applications. To see application tutorials and answers to frequently asked questions, please visit https://support.office.com.
