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By way of Seton Hall University’s partnership with Microsoft all of our active customers are able to install (for free) provides the community with free access the full Microsoft Office 365 software suite onto . This software can be installed on both personal and SHU-issued devices.

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  • Word

  • Excel

  • PowerPoint

  • Outlook (client software)

  • OneNote

  • Teams

  • Publisher

  • Access

  • Skype for Business

The process to use To access the MS Office 365 software suite is broken into two sections:Suite apps, you must first install then activate the software on your device(s).

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titleHow to install MS Office 365 software suite:

  1. Go to http://www.shu.edu homepage and select link to "PirateNet" in upper right-hand corner.

  2. Enter Log into PirateNet using your eight-character username and network password to log into account.

  3. From the "On your PirateNet Dashboard" (aka "Okta"), select button for ", search for and select the Microsoft Office 365 Mail "
    (app to access your mailbox).

  4. In upper right-hand corner of your mailbox, select your "Avatar" icon and choose "View account"

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    . Your "Avatar" icon will typically be your initials or the custom photo you uploaded that appears when your relay a message.

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  5. On the left-hand panel, select "Office apps".

  6. On the " Apps & Devices " screen, select the "Install Office"button.

  7. Locate the "OfficeSetup.exe" (or similar name) installer that was downloaded and launch it.

  8. If you get prompted asking A window may appear asking you, "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?" If so, select "Yes".

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  9. The software package will then download and install MS Office 365 software suite onto your device.
    Based upon your connection speed and amount to install, this process may take a little while.

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titleHow to activate MS Office 365 software suite:

  1. Launch any of the newly installed MS Office 365 software suite programs.
    In this write-up we are using MS Office For example, open Microsoft Word.

  2. On the "Accept the license agreement" screen, select the "Accept " button.

  3. On the "Sign in to activate Office" screen, select the "Sign in" button.

  4. On the "Activate Office" screen, enter your <username>@shu.edu and select the "click Next" button.

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    For example, if your name was is Mary Smith and you have a username of "smithmar" your username is smithmar, you would enter "“smithmar@shu.edu" (without the quotes).”

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  5. On the "We need a little more help" screen, select "Work or school account".

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  6. When prompted, log in with your PirateNet credentials.

  7. If you are prompted, on the “Stay signed in to all your apps" screen window appears, you must do both of the following:
    A. uncheck/remove checkbox for "Remove the checkmark (uncheck) the Allow my organization to manage my device" checkbox.
    B. select the “Select No, sign in to this app only” option.

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  1. These steps are especially important if you are installing MS Office 365 software suite onto a

personally owned (i.e.

  1. personal, non-SHU issued

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  1. device.

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Please note: Activation of MS Office 365 software suite is done so by way of via your SHU-issued mailbox.

  • You will be prompted periodically to re-activate the software.

  • When you graduate, if you were to leave the university or end your employment with SHU your mailbox will be disabled. As such you would no longer be able to re-activate the software.