The University is not requiring any employee to use any Office 365 service. All these services are included in the current contract for no additional charge. Office 365 for Education is free for Students OSU is not paying Microsoft beyond our standard annual campus license agreement.
Please refer to the security policy on what specific information may be stored. The offered Office 365 Apps are covered under an agreement with Microsoft, so you may use these apps to store University data and conduct University business. Please note that student email will remain on Gmail at this time. Share your documents easily via email, web, blogs, and OneDrive. Office Online provides the ability to create, edit and collaborate real-time on documents in native Office formats within a web browser, without having to convert the files. OneDrive is particularly exciting as it offers 1TB of online storage. Sign In: to access Office 365 services you will need to use your email address.
The version of Office that students can download from Office 365 is Office 2016 Pro Plus. Office 365 is the name for a suite of online collaboration services, and is not a new version of Office. Office 365 for students includes: five (5) free licenses to download and install Office, Office Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive.
