Purdue has licensed Office 365 from Microsoft to make it available for free on an individual basis to students, faculty and staff, including use on their personally owned machines.
To install Office 365 on your computer, visit the Purdue Office 365 portal. Sign in with your Purdue email address and password. Then click the Install button on the top right of the page.
You can install Office 365 on up to five devices.
Visit the Purdue IT Knowledge Base for help moving to Office 365 and configuring all your devices.
Remember, any digital service outside Purdue that includes such features as email and cloud storage should not be used to transmit or store sensitive or restricted University data. For more information, see these tips on Purdue data handling procedures.
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