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Office 365 is available to Faculty, Staff and currently enrolled Students for free for the duration of your employment or enrollment at Mississippi College. 

What is Office 365?


  • Office 365 is a suite of applications that includes Access, Excel, InfoPath, Lync, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word.
  • Office 365 is a four year subscription for full and part time, enrolled univrsity and college student, faculty and staff. University Alumni are not eligible for Office 365.
  • Office 365 allows users to download Office on 5 devices (laptops/desktops) + 5 mobile devices (iPhone, Android) + 5 tablet devices (Surface, iPad).

Note: Installing additional languages on a computer that already has this version of Office doesn't count against your install limit (5).


Office 365 is a cloud based Microsoft Office suite, but can also be downloaded to a Windows computer or a Mac. We recommend utilizing Office 365 for the software download only.

If you are looking for cloud based Office applications, Computer services recommends you try Google Drive, which is already accesible to all Faculty, Staff, and Students via your MC email account. Google Drive can be accessed by clicking the APPS icon(9 little squares) at the top right of your email account, and choosing Drive. For more information on Google Drive, visit Google Drive Help.

Office 365 Requirements

  • For system requirements, click HERE.

First Time Login Instructions

  • Click here to begin.
  1. Enter your school email address and click "sign up"
  2. Check your email for the signup email from Microsoft. The subject will be “Time to complete Office 365 Education signup​”.
  3. Click the link in the body of the email that says “Complete Office 365 Education signup​”.
  4. You will be redirected to an Office 365 signup page where you are required to enter your First and Last Name, password of your choice for your account, and date of birth​. Click “Start​” near the bottom to submit your information.
  5. Once your account is created, you should see an “Install Office on your PC​” screen.
  6. Click the “Install now​” button to the right to download the installer
  7. For install instructions, scroll down to the “Installing the software​” section on this page.