Microsoft 365 is the productivity cloud based tool designed to offer the Office apps, advanced security, and access from anywhere. Microsoft 365 in Microsoft's branding for the Office suite in the cloud (previously called Office 365).
Carmel Catholic will be using Microsoft 365 for faculty and staff to have access to the Office suite going forward.
In order to begin accessing the Microsoft 365, you will first have to log into your account. You will receive a email that will have a link, along with a temporary password for your first login. If you have not received this email, please submit a Helpdesk ticket.
The email will originate from:
From: Microsoft on behalf of your organization [mailto:ms-noreply@microsoft.com]
Click on the Sign in to Office 365 button, and it will automatically launch the browser to the login window.
At the Login window, you should see your Carmel email address automatically populate. Enter the temporary password from the email, and click Sign In.
It will then ask you to create a new password. First enter your temporary passwords on the first line. Then think of a password that is 8 characters in length and has a total of any combination of upper case, lower case, and special characters, in it. You will need to enter your new password twice, to verify it, then Click Sign In, again.
This will bring you to a prompt window, you can click out of the window by selecting the X in the upper right hand corner.
You will now be at the Microsoft 365 main screen (home screen)
- File Display: This will display all your files you have saved in the Microsoft 365 cloud environment. By default it will show All files. This will not show files that you have saved on your local computer.
- Add button: Click this button and it will bring up a ribbon of applications for which you can create a new item, by select the application you want.
- App menu: Can click on the specific app to open it up.
- New button: Similar to button number 2, a ribbon of the applications will display to which you can select which application you want to create a new item for.
- Search bar: For searching through your documents to find a specific documents.
Remember to bookmark the page for next time, it is: login.microsoftonline.com.