Farmingdale State College registered students and active faculty and staff have access to Microsoft Office 365.  Office 365 is a web-based subscription service that gives you anywhere-access to Microsoft Office tools and applications, such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams and OneDrive.  Office 365 provides you a number of ways to access these  applications. They can be installed on your computer, opened through your web browser, or accessed from your mobile device.  You may register up to 5 devices for personal use of the Office 365’s suite of applications.  For more information, click here.

Microsoft Office 365

Farmingdale State College registered students and active faculty and staff have access to Microsoft Office 365.

Office 365 is a web-based subscription service that gives you anywhere-access to MS Office tools and applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneDrive.

What can I do with it?

• Work from anywhere using your PC, Mac or mobile device
  • Collaborate on project documents – with OneDrive, file sharing is fast and simple and users can access files from almost anywhere
  • Host online conference meetings with real-time note taking, screen sharing and HD video conferencing
    • Access, edit and share Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents from your mobile device using Office 365 Apps
    • All current registered students and faculty/staff have an Office 365 account. NOTE: Office 365 accounts expire after graduation or college transfer for students and retirement or departure for faculty/staff
    • You may register up to 5 devices for local personal use of the Office 365’s suite of applications
    • Office 365 is easy to set up and receives automatic updates
    • Office 365 has built-in anti-malware protection a virus checking for your cloud file's protection
    • Files can be saved online in OneDrive
      • With OneDrive, you can store and access files from anywhere, and set permissions so that you can control who accesses and edits what
      • Round-the-clock IT-level web and phone support is available from Microsoft
      • Guaranteed 99.9% uptime

Signing In:

Accessing your Office 365 account

If you are a current student or faculty/staff member, logging into your account is really easy:

• Navigate to the Office 365 login page by typing https://www.farmingdale.edu/office365 in the address bar on your web browser.
• On the Office 365 sign in page, type in your Farmingdale email address. This will forward you to the Farmingdale State College sign in page.
• Select Work or school account.
• Enter your credentials and click Sign in.

Using Office 365 Products:

Install/Use options

Office 365 provides you a number of ways to access the MS Office applications. Office can be installed on your computer, opened through your web browser, or accessed from your mobile device.

Note: Office products that can be opened through the web is limited to OneNote, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneDrive.

Install Office on your computer

• If you would like to install office on your desktop, sign in to Office 365 and click Install Office
• The next page will provide the installer file and directions. Follow the directions on the page to install Office.
• To install Microsoft Access, additional steps are needed.  For more information, click here.

Install Office on your mobile device

• To install Office on your phone or tablet, sign into Office 365 and choose Install Office.
• Choose… Other install options.
• On the left hand side, click on My installs.
• Under Get Office on your phone or tablet, choose iOS, Android or Windows.
• This will then open a window that displays instructions for your particular device. Follow the instructions to complete the setup.
• You should now be able to access your account from your mobile device. When prompted, enter in your credentials.
• If you already have the Apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive) installed on your device, just sign in with your Farmingdale email and you will be re-directed to the Farmingdale sign in page.

Use Office from the Web

• To use the Office applications from the web on your device, sign in to Office 365 at https://www.farmingdale.edu/office365 and choose any of the Office product tiles from the Office 365 home page.
• Clicking on one of the Apps will load that application in your browser.