Today, Office 365 is available for the first time on the Mac App Store, making it easier than ever for Mac users to download Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and the whole suite of Microsoft’s popular apps. Users can also purchase a subscription for Office 365 from within the apps, so they can get up and running instantly.
Collaborate for free with online versions of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. Save documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online, in OneDrive. Share them with others and work. Office for Mac, which is available with any Office 365 (or Microsoft 365) plan that includes Office. For example, the Office 365 E5 plan. This version is updated on a regular basis to provide new features. It also receives security and quality updates, as needed.
Office 365 for Mac has been designed specifically to support features that are unique to the Mac experience — features like Dark Mode and Continuity Camera in macOS, as well as the MacBook Pro Touch Bar and the Mac’s industry-leading Trackpad.
“We are excited to welcome Microsoft Office 365 to the all new Mac App Store in macOS Mojave,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it's easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for Mac, iPad and iPhone.”
“We are excited to announce that today Office 365 is arriving in the Mac App Store,” said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president at Microsoft. “We have worked closely with Apple to provide Mac users with the very best productivity experience — one that offers everything they know and love about Office through an experience uniquely designed for the Mac.”
In business, as at home, employees want access to the best devices and apps to do their work. With Office 365 on the Mac App Store, these apps can now be easily distributed to employees using Apple Business Manager, a central dashboard where IT can deploy devices, apps and licenses. Now IT can quickly enable employees to get to work with their favorite Office tools across Mac, iPad and iPhone, with great new features designed specifically for Apple devices.
About the Mac App Store
The Mac App Store is the single largest catalog of Mac apps in the world. Newly redesigned this past year, the Mac App Store features a new look and rich editorial content for a more enjoyable experience when finding great, new apps for the Mac. Like the iOS App Store, the new Mac App Store celebrates apps, games, businesses and developers with an all-new Discover tab featuring compelling stories, in-depth interviews, helpful tips, collections of must-have apps and more. Users can also explore new Create, Work, Play and Develop tabs to find the perfect app for a specific project or purpose — from music, video and photography apps to business utilities and games.
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This article applies to: Central IT Service Group (CITSG) Support, Office 365 Productivity Bundle
What to Expect During the Installation
All Office apps will be force-closed before upgrade can start. To avoid losing work, save your work in all apps before starting the upgrade.
An Internet connection is required throughout the installation.
An Internet connection is required throughout the installation.
Starting the Office 365 upgrade process manually
Use these steps if you prefer to start the upgrade process manually, rather than waiting for your system to upgrade automatically after the deadline.
- Open Self Service and click Microsoft Office – Activate Office 365 Version Self Service.
- Click Activate O365.
- The activation may take 1-2 minutes to complete.
Any open Office applications will be automatically closed when this runs—so be sure to save your work before starting the process.
- The next time an Office application is opened, it will prompt you either to activate the product or to sign in immediately.
- If you are prompted to activate the product when an Office app is opened:
- Click Activate in the yellow activation warning bar.
- Click the Sign in link at the bottom of the activation window.
- Log in using your Cornell NetID and password.
- The Office application will no longer display the yellow activation warning bar.
- Click Activate in the yellow activation warning bar.
- If you are prompted to sign in when opening an Office app:
- At the Microsoft Sign in window, type your NetID in the field labeled Email, phone, or Skype, then click Next.
- Log in using your Cornell NetID and password. The Office application should open normally.
- At the Microsoft Sign in window, type your NetID in the field labeled Email, phone, or Skype, then click Next.
- If you are prompted to activate the product when an Office app is opened:
- To confirm your activated Office 365 license in any Office application, click the application name in the Menu bar, then click About. The license type should read “Office 365 Subscription.”
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What to Expect After the Upgrade
- Dock shortcut icons
For any Office applications that were in the Mac Dock, you will need to add them again to the Dock. (To do this, open the app to make its icon appear again in the Dock. Control-click the app’s icon, then choose Options > Keep in Dock.) - Your Office 365 Subscription
This Office installation will count toward the five total installations that you are allowed through Cornell’s Office 365 licensing. When you launch any Microsoft application in the suite, you will be automatically logged in based on your Mac login. (The assumption is that you are using an Active Directory-bound system.) - OneDrive for Business
If you still use OneDrive for Business, be aware that it will not be re-installed with Office 365. We recommend you use the OneDrive app moving forward. For more information, see Sync files with the OneDrive sync client on Mac OS X. - If your upgrade fails
In the unlikely event that your Office upgrade fails, leaving your system without Office applications installed locally, please submit a ticket to CIT Desktop Support immediately.
Until your upgrade issue is resolved, use the web-based Office applications. Log in to the Office site, then click the Apps icon in the upper left-hand corner to open a menu of available web-based Office apps.
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What to Expect from Future Office Updates
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- Release Notes
Release notes for each version and channel can be found on the following pages: - Regular Office Updates
Once the upgrade has been rolled out, users will be on a 'monthly channel.' This means new feature updates will be released monthly for the product. For details, see Overview of update channels for Office 365 ProPlus. Unlike previous Microsoft Office updates which users received as part of 'Patch Tuesdays,' these Office 365 client updates require the apps to be closed prior to starting the update.
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