Office 365 is offered to all enrolled RIT students in the current term and provides access to popular Office applications. To gain access students must follow the below steps. Open a web browser and go to At the web page enter your RIT Email Address, ie.) abc1234@rit.edu. The Microsoft 365 for Students program allows eligible students, staff and faculty at Boise State to download, install and use Microsoft 365 software for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. Eligible students, staff and faculty can install and use Microsoft 365 software on up to five devices.

• Office 365 Download Software
• Office 365 Download Programs

Several of the Office 365 plans include the right for licensed users to install the Office 356 client applications (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel) on up to five devices. Although many business environments will automate the deployment of Office 365 software to their computers, users may still perform manual installations for BYOD cases or for their home computers.

By default, users can install multiple versions of Office via the Office 365 portal. At the time of this writing, the Office 365 client versions that are available are Office 2016 (for PC and Mac), Office 2013, and Office 2011 (for Mac). In addition, the different installs include all features, which includes things like InfoPath 2013, SharePoint Designer 2013, and Skype for Business/Lync clients. The update channel for Office 2016 also defaults to the Deferred channel, which means new feature updates will be installed every four months (security updates are still released monthly).

Those defaults might not be ideal for your organization. For example, allowing both the 2016 and 2013 versions of Office for PC can mean an additional support burden for your IT teams. As an Office 365 admin you can control which versions of software are available in the portal for end users to install. You can even disable software downloads entirely, which is often preferred by organizations who are using existing software licensing for Office clients, or who want to full manage the installation process and not allow users to install the software at all.

1. Log in to the Office 365 admin portal with your administrator account.
2. Navigate to Settings, then Services & add-ins
3. Select Office software download settings
4. Modify the user software options to suit your needs.
5. Click Save to apply the changes.

When users log in to the Office 365 portal, they’ll see installation options based on your selections above. In the example below, the Current channel was chosen by the administrator in the portal, and because First Release is enabled for the entire tenant, the user will receive the First Release for Current Channel build. You should choose an update channel and First Release settings that suit your own requirements.

Students

Office 365 Download Software

Students must be enrolled and registered for classes at Boise State. Registration status is verified on the tenth day of each semester.

The Microsoft 365 license for students expires 30 days following graduation, or when you are no longer actively enrolled and registered for classes at Boise State.

Once your license expires, you will be able to view Microsoft 365 files using the software and will not be able to edit those files. You do not lose access to the software over the summer or winter breaks if you are enrolled for the following semester.

Office 365 Download Programs

Employees

Faculty and staff must be current employees in order to download and use Microsoft 365 applications through the Microsoft 365 for Students program.