Information
Microsoft Office 365 is available to all current faculty, staff and students. It can be installed on both Bowdoin-issued and personal computers.
Versions for macOS and Windows 11 are available and include applications like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It also includes OneDrive for data storage and many other apps.
Office is part of the Microsoft 365 suite of tools. You can access the productivity apps such as Word and Excel on your computer by following the instructions below or you can access them from anywhere as long as you have Internet access by using Microsoft 365.
Installation
Install on a Bowdoin-issued device
The Microsoft Office 365 apps can be installed on Bowdoin-issued devices using the right tool for each system.
For macOS
Use Self Service to install Microsoft Office 365.
For Windows
Use the Company Portal app to install Microsoft Office 365.
Install on a personal device
To install Office for Mac or Windows
- Go to https://portal.office.com
- Log in with your Bowdoin user name and password
- Once logged in, in the lower left column, click on Apps , click on More Apps
- In upper right, click the drop-down that says Install Apps.
- Select Microsoft 365 apps and in the next window/tab that opens click the Install Office button to download the installer package
- Save the package to place you can find it like your Desktop or Downloads folder
- Locate the package and double click the package to start the installer
- The installer will start to download and additional instructions will be displayed.
- Once installed, open any of the applications (except Outlook) and click Sign-in
- Sign in with your Bowdoin user name and password to authorize the applications.
Applications Available
The following applications are available as part of the Office Professional Suite for each operating system*
Windows
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft OneNote
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Publisher
- OneDrive
- Teams
macOS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft OneNote
- Teams
- OneDrive
Note: Not every application is available for every operating system. There are also additional applications that plug in to Office 365 that must be downloaded or accessed separately. Microsoft Teams, for example, is a separate download for both macOS and Windows.