Office 365 Setup involves downloading, installing, and activating Office 365 applications and associated licenses. You can easily set up Office 365 with the help of autodiscover. But if the auto discover is not working then you need to set up Office 365 manually. In this blog, we are going to discuss the simple and easy guidelines for Office 365 setup. Office 365 is the combination of traditional Microsoft office desktop applications and Microsoft application services. Office 365 contains Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other applications.
Steps for Office 365 setup
Follow the below-mentioned steps to set up Office 365 for PC.
Step 1: Download Office 365 for PC
First of all, you need to sign in to download Office 365 for your PC. Follow the below instructions to download Office 365:
- Firstly, go to the office portal to sign in with your associate account. If you are not already signed in then you need to select the sign in option.
- After signing in, first select “install office apps” from the Office 365 home page and then select the “Office 365 apps” option to start the installation process.
- If you want to switch from a 32-bit version to a 64-bit version or vice versa then you need to uninstall the Office first. After uninstalling the office, sign in again and choose the “other install” options, then select the language and version, followed by, click on the install option.
Step 2: Install Office 365 for PC
After downloading Office 365, you need to install it. Follow the beneath steps to install Office 365:
- If you are using Edge or Internet Explorer web browser then select run, if the web browser is Chrome then click on setup or click on save file option for Firefox web browser.
- When you see the “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device” pop-up in the user account control panel, click on the yes button. This will start the installation process of Office 365.
- The installation process will complete with the “you’re all set! Office is installed now” pop-up message. An animation video will play on your screen that will show you where you can find the Office applications on your PC. Finally, click on the close button.
Step 3: to activate Office 365
After installing Office 365 on PC, go through the below steps to activate Office 365:
- In order to open the Office app, click on the start button and enter the name of the office app.
- If you are using Windows 8.0 or 8.1 as an operating system then you need to type the Office app name on the start screen.
- After that, select the icon of the Office app that you want to open.
- After opening the Office app, accept the license agreement to activate the Office.
These are basic steps for Office 365 Setup. Hopefully, by following the above steps you can easily set up Office 365 on your own.
