“Working from home and getting tired of going back and forth emailing files to your colleagues?”
“Do you want an easy way to switch from your desktop to your laptop without putting files on a USB stick?”
Then start using Office365, provided by the KAUST IT Department!
Can someone show me how to use it?
IT will be hosting a lunchtime webinar on Sunday, April 19, 2020 and on Thursday, April 23, 2020.
Grab your lunch and join us online at 12:00 p.m. for a demo of the various applications and features inside of Office 365! The session is expected to run for about 75 minutes and serves as a great introduction for new users and an excellent refresher for current users.
To sign up, please click one of the dates below:
Please note: The same material will be covered during both sessions.
What is Office 365?
Office 365 is a cloud-based Microsoft service that provides you seamless coordination with the tools you already know and use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and OneDrive. These tools provide the same great features as well as powerful collaboration capabilities in the cloud to work within your team and other teams across KAUST.
Filesharing has also never been easier! You can configure OneDrive for Business on your laptop and desktop computer and synchronize documents with your desktop, check documents in and out of your online document library, and share easily accessible links with anyone inside or outside of KAUST.
There are even iOS and Android mobile applications for all your favorite apps!
How much free storage is provided?
OneDrive storage grants every user has 50GB free of charge! You can even upgrade this, if you require more storage for your OneDrive, you can contact the IT Service Desk to open a ticket and provide them with an academic or business justification.
How do I get started?
To use these great services, just open a web browser and go to: portal.office.com; from there, after you sign in, you can view your Office 365 dashboard and access the wide-range of applications!
Do you have any guides or help?
We have the following quick start guides:
- OneDrive Quick Start
- Excel 2016 Guide
- OneNote 2016 Guide
- PowerPoint 2016 Guide
- Word 2016 Guide
- Forms Guide
- PowerBI Guide
- PowerApps Guide
- Power Automate (Flow) Guide
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