Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft Office is available to all employees of the University and includes Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, Word, Excel, SharePoint, and other Microsoft apps. The Office suite can be accessed online via the Office 365 web portal or as desktop software installed on your University-owned Mac or PC. Currently, Office 2019 for Mac and PC is the preferred version of this software package. Other versions of Microsoft Office may be installed for special, documented reasons.

Microsoft Office 365 is an ever-evolving software suite with changes and feature updates occurring regularly which may change the look-and-feel of certain programs, especially in regards to the online web portal. For a complete list of the latest updates please check out the What's New Feature Page on Microsoft's website. 

Office for Home Use is also available to students and employees for use on personal devices.

Eligibility

Office licenses obtained through the methods below are active only while you are attending, employed at, or affiliated with the University. 

Access and Support

Get Microsoft Office 365

• Employees: University faculty and staff are given a Microsoft account when their employee email is created. 
• Students: Active students of the University with an @nevada.unr.edu email account are eligible to register for a free Office 365 Education subscription. Please refer to the Office 365 Education registration instructions. 

Access Microsoft Office 365

• Online Portal: Employees and students can access Office 365 apps using the Office 365 Portal. Employees must log in with their employee email account; students must log in with their student email account.
• University-Owned Computer Installation: Software Center Install Instructions (PC)  |  JAMF Install Instructions (Mac)
• Personal Computer Installation: Office 365 Personal Device Install Instructions (Employees)  |  Office 365 Personal Device Install Instructions (Students)

Request Support

Use the Software and Online Apps forms for eligibility, access, and installation issues. For limited app-specific support, please refer to the following pages: 

• Outlook
• Teams
• OneDrive
• SharePoint
• Power Apps

M365 Administrators only: Refer to the M365 Administration category. 

Custom User Guide

Microsoft Office 365

Additional Information

The version of Office installed by the Office of Information Technology contains the following software titles:

• Access - database
• Excel - spreadsheet
• OneDrive - cloud storage
• OneNote - note organization
• Outlook - emails
• PowerPoint - presentations
• Publisher - brochures
• Teams - communication and organization
• Word - word processing

Please note, Microsoft does not include Office for the iPad in their higher education licensing at this time. 

Cost

There is no charge for use of this service with the exception of Microsoft Office for the iPad as it is not included in Microsoft's higher education licensing at this time. Microsoft Office for the iPad must be purchased from the Apple App Store.