At-home access to Microsoft 365 Office apps

Download/Install the Office app package via computer

1. Sign into your Buffalo State Outlook E-Mail account in a web-browser.
    
2. Open the upper-left App launcher menu, and choose the Microsoft 365 Copilot link icon.
   
    
3. Choose the Install and more pulldown menu in the upper-right of the new page, then choose Microsoft 365 apps. This will open the Apps & devices panel in a new tab.
   
    
4. In the Apps & devices panel, choose Install Office. This should download the installation file to your computer's default Downloads folder. This file can then be opened to begin the installation.
   
    

Uncheck the "Allow my organization to manage my device" option

1. Once Office is installed, the first time you open an Office app such as Word you'll be prompted to sign-in. Complete the sign-in using your Buffalo State email address and your Network password.
    
2. When the "Stay signed in to all your apps" screen appears, make sure you uncheck the option to "Allow my organization to manage my device" and then click the "No, sign in to this app only" link (instead of the "OK" button). If you leave this box checked and click "OK," you're computer will be enrolled in Buffalo State's Azure/Intune environment. 

3. Because you are clicking the "No, sign in to this app only" link instead of "OK," you will need to repeat these steps the first time you open each Office app. For example, if you mainly use Word and Excel, you will need to do these steps twice (once for each app).