Note: There has been a change to the M365 storage quotas for OneDrive, Teams, and Sharepoint and there is also a new Teams chat retention policy.
- You can view IST's M365 storage quotas and information page to learn more about the new storage quotas
- You can view the new Teams Chat Retention Policy page and learn how to export your chats
Microsoft 365 is a Microsoft productivity platform for the delivery of services and applications. All students, staff, and faculty are provisioned with a licence.
With Microsoft 365, you get:
- 5 copies of Office
- Microsoft 365 Web Apps (i.e. Can edit documents stored on OneDrive in a browser when logged in)
- An email account
Access your account
- Go to the Office365 Portal.
- Enter your email as yourWatIAMuserid@uwaterloo.ca.
- You will be redirected to Waterloo's sign-in page.
- Enter your WatIAM password and click "Sign in."
- Authenticate via 2FA.
- Once you are logged in to the web portal, you can access your OneDrive or use any of the Office web apps. You can additionally install the Office desktop apps, as seen below.
Install Office (optional)
- Click on your name at the bottom left corner.
- Click on "My Microsoft 365 Profile" and you will be brought to a new page.
- Click on "Install Apps" under "Office apps & devices".
- You can save the OfficeSetup.exe file and then run it to install the Office desktop apps.
Please see IST's M365 KB for more information.