Microsoft 365 (M365): Free for Personally Owned Devices

General Information

Question:

• I am a Metropolitan State University faculty, employee or student. Can I get Microsoft 365 software products for my personal computer or laptop for free?

Answers:

• If you are a current Metro State student, resident faculty, staff or a community faculty member teaching this semester, you may install up to five copies of Microsoft 365 (M365), also known as Microsoft Office, through our M365 portal at https://m365.cloud.microsoft on any personally owned devices. This software is active while you are teaching at Metro State or as long as you are a member of one of the other institutions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. View instructions in this article below to install Microsoft 365 (M365) Software.
  • For community faculty not teaching this semester, or others not defined above, please access Microsoft Office online or through the Virtual Lab for full features.
• Other Microsoft software, such as Visio, Project, Windows 10, SQL Server, Visual Studio, and many more, are available through Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching, refer to article: Microsoft Software Products for Personal Devices. Note: Microsoft does not have a Visio or Project app for iOS or MacOS, however these applications can be used by accessing the Virtual Computer Lab.

Install Microsoft 365 (M365) Software:

• Go to https://m365.cloud.microsoft
• Sign in with your MinnState login credentials.
  Username:
       Students: StarID@go.minnstate.edu
       Employees: StarID@minnstate.edu
  Password:
       StarID password
• Once you have logged in, select the Apps option in the Navigation Bar on the left

• Select Install apps then Microsoft 365 apps.

• On the My account page, select Install Office to start the download

• When the download finishes, click on the file in your Downloads folder to start installation
• Follow the on screen instructions to complete the install