Microsoft Office 365 for Students
What is Office 365?
Your BC email account is a web-based email service, provided by Microsoft's Office 365, for Undergraduate, Graduate and Non-Degree students enrolled for courses. This service is the building-block in providing a more feature-rich set of tools for collaboration using cloud-based Microsoft product offerings, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Additional services in the future will include chat and presence, video collaboration, and more to compliment the previous additions of a shared calendar, address book, and IM.
What are the benefits to Office 365?
Your BC mail account is running on the Microsoft® Office 365 platform. This Microsoft® Office 365 platform delivers the tools you need to prepare coursework, create sophisticated reports and presentations, and collaborate over the web – including email, instant messaging, online document viewing, and editing.
Features also include:
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Cloud-based email and calendars
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50 GB storage per user for (e-mail and calendars)
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Office Web Apps - Create and edit with these Microsoft applications in your favorite browser: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft OneNote
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Share files and documents with classmates.
How to install Microsoft® Office 365
Check the minimum system requirements by visiting Microsoft's support page at http://products.office.com/en-us/office-system-requirements.
- Before you start, uninstall previous versions of Microsoft® Office.
- Click here for Office 365 Installation Guide
Experiencing Issues Activating Office 365?
Verify that your password had been synced to Microsoft. Please login with your full Email address at https://login.microsoftonline.com/.
For some incoming freshman, and newly incoming transfer student, you may need to wait 3-5 business days after the semester have started to access your BC email account and access the Microsoft® Office 365.
Where do I go for help?
Contact the ITS helpdesk at: helpdesk@brooklyn.cuny.edu or 718.951.4357.
