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Microsoft 365/Office 365 is a Microsoft platform for delivery of services and applications. All students, staff and faculty are provisioned with Microsoft 365/Office 365 accounts.

With Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), you get:

  • 5 copies of Office

  • 5 TB of OneDrive storage

  • Office 365 Web Apps (i.e. can edit documents stored on OneDrive in a browser when logged in to Office 365)

  • An email account

Access your account

  • Go to to Office 365 Login.

  • Enter your email as your WatIAMuserid@uwaterlooyourWatIAMuserid@uwaterloo.ca

  • You will be redirected to Waterloo's sign-in page.

  • Enter your WatIAM password and click click "Sign in."

  • You will need to authenticate

    via 

    via 2FA.

Once you are logged in to the web portal, you can access your OneDrive or use any of the Office365 web apps. You can additionally install office,

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as seen below. ​

Install Office (optional)

To install Office, click the "Install Officeapps" button button in the upper rightrigh, followed by "Microsoft 365 apps". Your system type will automatically be detected.

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For more information, try the the IST Office 365 FAQ site site.