Microsoft 365 (M365): Free for Personally Owned Devices

Current Metro State students, faculty and staff members may install up to five free copies of Microsoft 365 through our M365 portal on 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 good as long as you are a member of our institution or one of the other 37 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