Before installing or upgrading Office 365 apps on a McGill-owned workstation or laptop, check with your IT System Administrator.
McGill IT Services provides Office 365 apps at no charge to all students, faculty and staff members (except casual staff). It includes the following Office applications:
The full version of Office 365 ProPlus can be installed on up to 5 Windows & Mac computers and 5 iPad, Android and Windows tablets. In addition, the Office Mobile version can be used on your iPhone, Android and Windows smartphones.
The Office 365 ProPlus apps can be used to save files to/ access files stored on McGill's OneDrive for Business.
Be careful about storing any institutional data on OneDrive or any other cloud service. Make sure you are not in violation of McGill's Cloud Directive. See Cloud Services at McGill for additional information.
For information about other Office 365 components and their availability at McGill, see Office 365 @ McGill on the IT Services website.
Eligible |
Not Eligible | |
Students | X | |
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Alumni | X | |
Faculty and Staff | X | |
Retired Faculty and Staff |
X | |
Retired Staff with Post Retirement Appointment | X | |
Emeritus/Emerita Academic staff |
X | |
Researchers who have a McGill appointment | X | |
Post doctoral fellows | X | |
Casual staff | X | |
Teaching assistants (only if they are also students) | X | |
Affiliates | X |
Download the software suite from the Microsoft Office 365 site. Use your McGill Username & Password to sign in.
You need to be connected to the internet the first time you run one of the Office 365 ProPlus apps, so that the activation process can be completed. After that, you only have to connect to the internet at least once every 30 days to check the status of the subscription (this is done transparently).
REMINDER: Faculty and staff members should not be installing the Office apps on McGill-supported computers.
There is no cost for this service.
Office 365 apps are available to students as long you remain at McGill.
Generally, there is a 1-month grace period after your official McGill status changes (e.g., you are no longer listed as a student or staff member); once that time is up, the software will enter a state of reduced functionality (read-only).
However, an exception is made for non-retiring teaching faculty, who will be given a 12-month grace period in order to cover the time between academic appointments.
You will be notified by email, at your McGill email address, approximately one month before the license expires.
See more FAQs for Office 365 ProPlus.
Office 2016 for Windows:
Office 2016 for Mac:
Mobile devices:
For sign-up/access issues, contact the IT Service Desk
For all other issues, see: