Overview
UCM owns an enterprise license for Microsoft Office, which means the university can offer the subscription-based Office 365 products at no cost to UCM students, faculty, and staff. This subscription includes free access to the desktop and web versions of MS Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Where can I use it?
Office 365 is a web-based subscription, which means it can be used anywhere. The Office applications can be downloaded to your personally-owned devices. Each user has one license, and that license covers up to five devices, such as phones, tablets, PCs, or Macs.
How do I get it?
In any web browser, visit office.ucmo.edu. You’ll find instructions there.
NOTE: Microsoft Teams web app to no longer support IE 11 after November 30, 2020
To access the Teams web app, Microsoft recommends the Microsoft Edge browser.
When asked for your identity/user name, enter your full UCM email address.
When asked for your password, enter your network/Blackboard password.
Can I get help with Office 365?
If you are having trouble accessing and downloading Office 365, please contact the Technology Support Center at tsc@ucmo.edu or 660-543-4357. If you are having trouble actually using the Office products, we suggest using Microsoft support (https://support.office.com) for tutorials and how-tos.
How long can I use Office 365?
You’ll have access to Office 365 as long as you are a student or employee at UCM. Remember, UCM student accounts expire after three semesters of non-enrollment. When your UCM student account expires, you should get a 30-day grace period with an option to purchase Office 365 at that time individually.
Can I use the cloud storage that comes with Office 365?
OneDrive is available with Office 365 in two ways. First, Microsoft OneDrive is completely personal. You must set up a MS OneDrive account if you want to use MS OneDrive as an individual, personal cloud storage. Microsoft OneDrive for Business will be associated with your UCM account automatically. If you save data to OneDrive for Business, you will need to retrieve it before your UCM student or employee account is terminated. Otherwise, you could lose access to your data.
UCM will not back up anything that you save to OneDrive or OneDrive for Business cloud storage in Office 365. UCM is not supporting Office 365 data/document sharing at this time.
Can Faculty and Staff members get Office 365?
Yes. The same terms that apply to students apply to faculty and staff as well. We caution you to take care with using Office 365 for business purposes. It’s better to use the Office applications that are already installed on your UCM machines, and save your important documents to a network drive. Remember, we centrally back up network drives; we DO NOT back up Office 365 cloud storage.
Please do not install Office 365 on UCM-owned machines.