MICROSOFT 365
Students can simply sign in to Microsoft 365 with their Department of Education email address to access online versions of Microsoft Office applications and a generous OneDrive cloud storage account.
Microsoft 365 desktop apps are also completely free for NSW school students. Follow the steps below to install them on either Mac or PC.
- Go to https://www.office.com/
- If it is already signed in as someone else, choose Switch to a different account.
- Click Sign in.
- Enter your Department of Education email address – the one that ends in @education.nsw.gov.au. This is important or it won't be free.
- You will be redirected to the Department of Education login page. Log in.
- Click Yes to stay signed in. Your Microsoft 365 page will open.
- Click Install Microsoft 365.
- An executable file will be downloaded to your computer.
- Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
- Once Microsoft 365 has finished installing, open up one of the applications and accept the license agreement.
- You can install Microsoft 365 on up to 5 devices.
