Description
As a part of our partnership with Microsoft and JourneyEd, actively employed Gannon faculty and staff have the legal right to obtain Microsoft software for work-related purposes at a significantly discounted price or for free.
Resolution/Troubleshooting
Microsoft Office 365 - Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint (FREE)
All Staff & Faculty will receive free access to the Microsoft 365 Office desktop applications. A help desk request is no longer necessary.
This access allows Staff and Faculty home rights to download from the M365 APP site (https://www.office.com) and install the desktop 365 version of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint on their personal computer.
- Go to www.office.com and log in with your Gannon email address and password.
- In the upper right-hand corner, click Install Office
- Select Office 365 apps
- Click the downloaded Setup...exe file in the bottom-left corner of your browser to download and install.
- You can then access the application from your start menu
- Right-click on the application icon to pin it to your taskbar or start menu for easy access.
Please be aware of the following:
- Download speeds are faster if you are not connected via NetExtender (VPN).
- You cannot choose individual applications to install.
- The download & installation could affect system performance. Try to run it during a time that you aren't doing critical processing.
Cause
Updating Work at Home process to be in line with the change to M365.