{"id":600,"date":"2018-12-18T09:45:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T14:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/microsoft-office\/?page_id=600"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:03:55","slug":"microsoft-office-for-faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/microsoft-office\/microsoft-office-for-faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Office for faculty and staff"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-basic  hero-basic color-light-gray\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--hero-basic\">\n        \n<div class=\"outer-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"text-container\">\n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--page-title \"><h1>Microsoft Office for faculty and staff<\/h1>\n\n<\/div><!-- f--field f--page-title -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--text \"><\/div><!-- f--field f--text -->\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><!-- c--component c--hero-basic -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n\n\n    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text  rich-text\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\">\n        \n    <div class=\"f--field f--rich-text \"><h2>Download and install Microsoft Office<\/h2>\n<p>All current faculty and staff at Rutgers have the ability to download and install Microsoft Office on personal devices through Rutgers Connect.<\/p>\n<p>The university\u2019s agreements with Microsoft allow faculty and staff to install Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, and Access on up to five computers, five tablets, and five phones.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty and staff may use the Microsoft Office software on personal devices. Please consult with your department\u2019s IT support staff before installing Office on Rutgers-owned devices, as your department may have its own policies.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Skype, OneDrive, Publisher (PC only), and Access (PC only) are included in each installation of a faculty\/staff license for Office.<\/p>\n<h2>How to access Microsoft Office<\/h2>\n<p>To access this service, faculty and staff must\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/connect.rutgers.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/connect.rutgers.edu\">log into their Rutgers Connect account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For additional installation instructions, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/ithelp.rutgers.edu\/sp?id=kb_article&amp;sysparm_article=KB0012556\">Microsoft Office installation guide<\/a> in the Rutgers IT Help portal.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Office mobile apps are also available to download for iOS and Android devices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/products.office.com\/en\/mobile\/office-mobile-apps-for-android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/products.office.com\/en\/mobile\/office-mobile-apps-for-android\">Office apps for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/products.office.com\/en-us\/mobile\/office-mobile-apps-for-ios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/products.office.com\/en-us\/mobile\/office-mobile-apps-for-ios\">Office apps for iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How long do I have the Microsoft Office products for?<\/h2>\n<p>All faculty and staff will have an active license to use Microsoft Office products while they are employed at Rutgers. Once a faculty or staff member departs the university, the license will expire. A faculty or staff member will have 30 days after losing the faculty\/staff role before the Office applications go into a read-only mode with limited functionality.<\/p>\n<h2>Support and additional resources<\/h2>\n<p>For assistance accessing Microsoft Office products, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"\/help-support\/\">your local Help Desk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For assistance with Microsoft Office, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\">Microsoft Support webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, training resources and video tutorials for Microsoft Office are available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.rutgers.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn Learning<\/a>, which is free for active faculty, staff, students, and affiliates at Rutgers. <a href=\"\/linkedin-learning\">Learn more and sign up for LinkedIn Learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- f--field f--rich-text -->\n\n    <\/div><!-- c--component c--rich-text -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"page-category":[],"class_list":["post-600","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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