Through our licensing agreement with Microsoft, SUNY New Paltz is able to offer Microsoft Office for free to currently active students, faculty, and staff. These licenses will not remain active after you have graduated or left the employ of the University. You can install Office on up to five personal devices.
Note: Do not follow these steps on any University owned devices, installation on University owned devices is done through a different process. Contact the Service Desk for more information. We provide limited/best-effort technical support for installation and no support for personal devices.
Download and Installation Instructions
- Go to the SUNY New Paltz home page.
- Near the top right-hand corner, select the Resources link and choose Office 365.
- On the next page, enter your Office 365 username and campus password.
- Office 365 Username: this is your typical campus username with the @newpaltz.edu extension (For example, if your username is smithj3 - then you'd enter smithj@newpaltz.edu)
- Campus Password: your password is the same as you would use for Blackboard or my.newpaltz.edu.
- Click on the Menu Box on the upper left of the window.
- Select the "Office 365" link in the App menu.
- Click on "Install Office" in the upper right.
- Next, select "Office 365 apps"
- Save file (where the download appears depends on your browser). Follow the steps in the dialog box (see below) that opens to complete the installation.
- Sign in to Office using your @newpaltz.edu address that you used to access the download site and your campus password.
Note About Deactivation
If you are a student, when you graduate, withdraw, or otherwise stop being a student at SUNY New Paltz, your license will eventually become inactive. You'll receive an error like the following when opening Microsoft Office:
If you are no longer an active student, faculty, or staff member, you will have to obtain a license for Microsoft Office separately from the University.