- Penn State already has a great website with training and information here. Using your Access Account user ID and password, visit Penn State’s Office 365 login page.
- This is a nonsubscription version of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook that students may keep after leaving Penn State. This is not a download of Office 365, the comprehensive suite of applications currently licensed for use by Penn State. Last Updated April 15, 2020.
Penn State offers a variety of Learning Paths to support Office 365. A Learning Path is a compilation of resources including videos, documentation, and instructor-led training sessions. These interactive and self-paced paths allow you to move through content that meets your specific needs. Microsoft Office 365 is available for all University students, faculty, and staff. For more information, please visit. This site contains links to.
Penn State Canvas
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As Penn State IT continues to migrate Box files to comparable Office 365 services, University IT leaders are asking faculty and staff members who have not yet done so to clean up their Box files to help facilitate successful, timely migrations.
Before their unit is migrated to OneDrive or SharePoint, faculty and staff should follow the steps outlined in the Box pre-migration checklist on the Box migration website. Migrating excessive amounts of data, particularly outdated and unnecessary information, has drastically slowed migrations. Since migrations began in October, Box accounts with more than 60,000 files have taken weeks to move and have caused delays for units waiting to migrate.
The checklist will help to eliminate unneeded or redundant files, allow for a quicker migration, and minimize disruptions to workflow, as Box files will not be accessible while they are being migrated.
“We have learned many valuable lessons since the first Box migrations began last fall,” Penn State Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer Don Welch said. “Those lessons have informed our agile approach as we seek to move faculty and staff data with minimal impact.”
More information, including training tutorials and other resources, can be found at the Box migration website. The Office of Records Management has created a guide to help confirm which records can be deleted and which records need to be migrated.
For questions, employees can reach out to their unit's IT staff or use this form to contact the Box migration team.
Microsoft Office 365 empowers users to create, collaborate, and innovate through a host of email, calendaring, and premier applications that can be accessed from anywhere in the world, at any time, on any device.
Through Office 365, users can seamlessly schedule meetings, create and share documents, and collaborate in one secure and consistent platform. With more than fifteen applications — including the Microsoft Office Suite products that users are familiar with — there are more ways to unleash productivity than ever before.
Office 365 will become available on a rolling basis. Users will receive information through email and area leadership when the relevant area or unit will gain access to Office 365. Until then, please visit the application page for more details about the innovative products that will become accessible with Office 365. There are multiple training resources available including live, in-person and self-paced options.
This service is part of the Communications and Collaboration category.
Penn State Outlook Mail
Summary
Eligibility:
- Office 365 will be available to Penn State students, faculty, and staff members
- Retirees will retain their current email service; retirees will be notified of any changes caused by the draft policy or any other policy changes
- A this time, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center personnel will remain on their existing email system and will not be migrated
- Office 365 and its applications are not approved by Penn State University for the storage of High or Restricted information - learn more about information classification at Penn State
- Moving the University to Microsoft Outlook, a single email and calendaring system, will increase the security of communications across Penn State
- Outlook’s Advanced Threat Protection allows for easy monitoring and reduction of potential threats, meaning personal information, files, and research remains safe and secure
Costs:
- There is currently no charge to eligible personnel or their units for the use of this service
- For Office 365 support, contact an IT Service Desk by submitting an online help request
- Penn State also offers a significant number of training resources for users to learn about Office 365 applications