Install Microsoft Office 365

Summary

Faculty, staff, and students can download Microsoft software on personal devices for no additional cost.

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Summary

If you are a current Winona State student, faculty, staff, you may install up to five copies of Microsoft 365 (M365), also known as Microsoft Office, through our M365 portal on any personally owned devices. This software is good as long as you are a member of our institution or one of the other 37 institutions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. View instructions in this article below to install Microsoft 365 (M365) Software.

Information Applies to

Faculty, Staff, Current Students, New Students

Install Microsoft 365 (M365) Software:

All e-Warrior laptops and campus computers have the Microsoft desktop applications be installed on the devices. 

  1. Go to Microsoft Apps Portal and select Sign In.
  2. Sign in with your MinnState login credentials.

Username:
     Students: StarID@go.minnstate.edu
     Employees: StarID@minnstate.edu

Password:
     StarID password

  1. In the top-right corner, select Install apps → Microsoft 365 apps.

Install apps

  1. Select Install Office to start the download. You may need choose Install Office on two different screens.

Install Office

  1. When the download finishes, select the file in your Downloads folder, or whichever folder your downloads go, to start the installation.
  2. Follow the on screen instructions to complete the install. 
  3. When installation is complete, open any Microsoft Office app on your computer and sign in again with the same credentials as above in step 2. 

Learn More

Need additional information or assistance? Contact WSU Tech Support by email or call 507.457.5240, option 1.

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Article ID: 3076
Created
Tue 7/29/25 3:03 PM
Modified
Wed 10/29/25 6:40 PM

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