Microsoft Office 365 Home Use for Faculty and Staff

RSCCD ITS Help Desk – Microsoft Office 365 – Home Use for Faculty and Staff Updated 9-28-20

Microsoft Office 365

Home Use for Faculty and Staff

The following document shows how to login to Microsoft Office365 at www.office.com

for use with

Office365 for the web and Office365 desktop apps (A3 license only).

General Notes

• Access to the Microsoft Office 365 environment is for employees of SAC, SCC, and DO

only; your access will be terminated immediately if/when your employment ends.

• NOTE: Microsoft Office 2019 is already installed for your use on District issued desktop

PCs, laptops and tablets. The instructions below are intended for use with employee’s home

computers, phones, and tablet devices.

• NOTE: ITS DOES NOT support employee’s home computers; we are providing employees

with installation instructions and login support only. ITS can only assist you with getting

logged into the Microsoft Office 365 online environment.

• NOTE: With an A3 license, you are allowed to install Microsoft Office 365 via the web, in

addition to install the desktop apps on up to 5 devices.

• NOTE: With an A1 license, you are allowed to access Microsoft Office365 via the web

ONLY. You cannot install Microsoft Office365 desktop apps.

o To obtain an A3 license, please contact your supervisor for approval and they can

send an email to the ITS Help Desk requesting a license on your behalf.

For further assistance, please contact the RSCCD ITS Help Desk.

714-564-4357 Ext 0 | Ext 44357 | helpdesk@rsccd.edu | webhelpdesk.rsccd.edu | Mon-Fri, 7:30am-4:30pm

RSCCD ITS Help Desk – Microsoft Office 365 – Home Use for Faculty and Staff Updated 9-28-20

IMPORTANT – Microsoft Office365 License Agreement (as of 10/01/2020):

As of 10/01/2020, the RSCCD Microsoft license agreement covers the following categories:

A3 License

• Applies to Education Qualified User (EQU), defined by Microsoft as “any employee or

contractor (except student employees) who accesses or uses an Education Platform

Product for the benefit of the Institution.)”

• The A3 license grants access to the following:

o Download and install the full office suite of desktop products, including

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and/or OneNote.

o Also includes desktop products for Microsoft Access and Publisher (PC Only).

o Use of the ONLINE version of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.

o Use of Microsoft OneDrive, which is cloud storage (up to 1 TB) and can be accessed from

any device with Internet access.

A1 License

• Applies to non-EQU employees, defined by Microsoft as “light users”, or “any other user who does

not qualify an Education Qualified User, which may include adjuncts if the institution does not issue

them a computer, which may include adjunct faculty.”

• The A1 license grants access to the following:

o Use of the ONLINE ONLY version of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and/or

OneNote.

o Use of Microsoft OneDrive, which is cloud storage (up to 1 TB) and can be accessed from

any device with Internet access.

RSCCD ITS Help Desk – Microsoft Office 365 – Home Use for Faculty and Staff Updated 9-28-20

Office365 License Comparison

RSCCD ITS Help Desk – Microsoft Office 365 – Home Use for Faculty and Staff Updated 9-28-20

Link to login to Microsoft Office 365: www.office.com

The Microsoft Office 365 Home page has links to OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. The top tool

bar contains the Apps and Documents sidebar, notifications tab, settings button, help icon, and user

information/sign out.

RSCCD ITS Help Desk – Microsoft Office 365 – Home Use for Faculty and Staff Updated 9-28-20

Install Microsoft Office 365 Applications (A3 License Only)

To download Microsoft Office 365 onto a PC, click the “Install Office” button on the MS Office 365

home page. Then click “Office 365 apps”. Follow the instructions that follow.

NOTE for Mac users: Clicking the Install Office > Office 365 apps link will download a .pkg installer which

is compatible with Mac devices. Open the Office .pkg file in your Downloads folder and follow the steps

to install Office.

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To download Microsoft Office 365 apps for mobile devices, click “Install Office” on the MS Office365

home page, then click “Other install options”. You will be taken to another page for “Apps & devices”.

Click one of the options under “Get office on your phone or tablet”.

RSCCD ITS Help Desk – Microsoft Office 365 – Home Use for Faculty and Staff Updated 9-28-20

Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive Instructions

If you click on OneDrive on the Microsoft Office 365 home page, you will see a screen similar to the

one below, which will allow you to:

• Add New documents or folders

• Upload documents to the cloud

• Sync documents with your local device

• Create a Flow for your documents

• Edit, Delete, and Download your documents

• Share documents with one or more users