Offering benefits way beyond programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive, Outlook and more, Office 365 is a suite of productivity, storage, multi-media and business applications that allows you to collaborate and share your work across campus, teams and classes. You can access O365 applications by logging in at: https://office.com. Sign-in using your university email address and password.

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MFA and Microsoft 365

Implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) with Office 365 applications - including email - when off-campus will begin mid-2020. The university will use Duo to provide additional authentication to prove you are who you say you are before accessing the Office 365 suite of applications from off-campus or your mobile device. OIT recommends using the Microsoft Office 365 desktop or mobile device applications for access to all these programs. After MFA is implemented with Office 365, if you are accessing these applications off-campus, you will be prompted to authenticate through Duo.

What you can do now to prepare

First: Install the Duoapp on your preferred device (we highly recommend doing this on your smartphone).

Second: Be sure you register for Duo from your laptop or desktop computer. (Printable Duo registration and installation instructions available here.)

Once you install the Duo app, register for Duo and select your authentication method and device; then you're all set! (Please note: If you already installed and registered for Duo as a VPN or VDI user, you don’t have to register again.)

How the Duo MFA challenge when using Office 365 applications will work:

Note for Linux Users:

Features Of Microsoft 365

M365 Feature List

• Once multi-factor authentication is implemented with O365 products, you will need to keep your browser open or you will be required to authenticate at the beginning of each new session. Be sure you have installed the most recent browser for Linux.