AU faculty, staff, and students聽are eligible to obtain a free subscription to Microsoft Office 365 (O365) through our campus site-licensing agreement. The O365 software exists in both desktop and online versions. Please see eligibility requirements below.
The full suite of desktop software is available to聽either:
Full time students
Faculty or staff who are assigned an AU computer
All AU account holders may use the online/web apps, which are accessible through an internet browser.
Get Started with Office 365
Open your web browser and go to .
Log in using your AU email address in the format of userid@american.edu and your myAU portal password.
From the O365 Portal landing page, launch any of the available web applications to get started. To download the O365 desktop applications, follow these .
Please Note: Microsoft stipulates that the subscription to Office 365 will expire聽once you graduate or leave AU.
Office 365 Applications
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Windows
Mac
Microsoft Excel聽
Microsoft Outlook聽
Microsoft PowerPoint 聽
Microsoft Word聽
Microsoft Access聽
Microsoft Publisher聽
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Outlook聽
Microsoft Excel聽
Microsoft PowerPoint聽
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Teams
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