Free Office 365 And OneDrive For Business Desktop Apps For Home Use

UWSP licenses the Office 365 and OneDrive for Business Desktop apps for free home install to all UWSP students and employees.

  • You can install the Office 365 Desktop apps on up to five home computers. 
  • Office 365 mobile apps can be installed on up to five phones and/or tablets and connected to the same OneDrive for Business Cloud storage to access and work with your files.
  • Each UWSP employee and student has access to one Terabyte of file storage in their UWSP OneDrive for Business Cloud.

You can also sign into your UWSP Office 365 and OneDrive for Business Web apps from anywhere with an internet connection.

Install The Desktop Apps On Your Home Computer

 

Before you install

Plan ahead! Installing the Office 365 Desktop Suite can potentially take 20-30 minutes or more to complete, depending on your download speed.

Close all open applications. Your Office 365 Desktop installation will first uninstall any older versions.  Open applications, even non-Office apps, also use system resources which can slow the installation process.
 

Download and install the Microsoft 365 apps

  1. Sign into the office.uwsp.edu online portal with your UWSP account.
  2. From the left menu select Apps.
  3. At the top-right click Install Apps and select Microsoft 365 apps.

    ​​Look for the downloaded install package in your default file download location.​​ The default download location for Windows PC computers is the Downloads ​folder. The default download location for Macs is Finder.​​​
     
  4. Open the downloaded install package and run the install.​
  5. You will be asked to wait while Office 365 installs on your computer. If you are prompted to uninstall your current Office version, click Yes.
  6. When the install has completed, click Close.
     

Link the installed Office 365 Desktop apps to your UWSP Office 365 online portal

  1. To create this link, open one of the installed apps and click Sign in at the top right corner.
  2. Sign in with your UWSP account.
  3. Click Yes to the box that opens, then click Done.

This sign-in authenticates you with your UWSP OneDrive.  You can now open your cloud storage files from your locally installed Office Desktop apps.

Contact the IT Service Desk for additional help!

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