Microsoft 365 Desktop App (Office Suite) Installation

This page will outline instructions for how you can download the Microsoft 365 apps (Office suite) to your PC.

🏁 Prerequisites

To download the Microsoft 365 Apps (Office suite), you must have a Microsoft 365 Business Standard or above license. Please see this section for more info about licensing available to nonprofits.

🧑‍💻 Logging in to Microsoft 365

After verifying you're properly licensed, you're ready to download the Microsoft Apps (formerly Office Apps). First, navigate to https://www.microsoft365.com/. It should prompt you for a sign in or bring you to this page:

Next, we can click on the "Install Apps" dropdown:

Select "Premium Microsoft 365 Apps" and it should begin the download:

Once downloaded, you can find the installer in your Downloads folder, or press "Ctrl+J" to open your browsers downloads window. From there, you can click on the "OfficeSetup.exe" file. It may prompt you to "Allow this App to make changes to your device", click yes. If it prompts for a username and password, talk to your administrator.

You should see the following window while it installs - it may take a bit:

Once its done, you should see this window:

If you get an error or have issues, reach out to us at [email protected], and we can assist. Otherwise, you can start using your apps by searching for the newly installed apps in your start menu.