Office

Office Enterprise is available free of charge to authorized members of the MIT community through MIT's Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA).

• MIT departments may install this software on any MIT-owned computer, provided that it will only be used by current MIT students, staff, or faculty for MIT purposes only.
• Students, faculty, and staff have the right to install the software on a personally-owned machine to be used for MIT purposes.
• Students may also run an additional virtualized copy of MS Office.

How to obtain

Licensing

Microsoft's volume licensing terms

• Office 365 Suites (Mac & Win)
• Office 2016 (Mac)
• Office 2016 & 2013 (Windows)
• Office 2011 (Mac)
• Office 2010 (Windows)

Download (MIT certificate required)

• 32-bit campus agreement and download
  • Mac: Office 2016 and 2011
  • Windows: Office 2016, 2013, and 2010

• 64-bit campus agreement and download
  Note: Both Microsoft and IS&T strongly recommend using the 32-bit version of Microsoft Office on ALL computers, regardless of whether the Windows OS is 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • Mac: Microsoft has not released a 64-bit Mac binary.
  • Windows: Office 2016, 2013, and 2010
• Office 365 for Mac and Windows
• MIT Outlook Web App (OWA) for any browser

Installation

Note: To avoid activation problems, uninstall any OEM version that may be on your computer prior to installing our Enterprise version.

IS&T downloads of Microsoft Office Enterprise activate via the MIT Network (MITnet) on campus. If you are off-campus, you must be connected to the MITnet via Cisco VPN at least once every 180 days to remain operational. Activation keys are not available.

• Microsoft's installation notes
• Did my Office license successfully activate?
• Email configuration help
• Exchange calendaring help
• Exchange email help
• Troubleshoot Office installation (IS&T Knowledge Base)
• Troubleshoot Office installation (Microsoft)

Using

• Mac: Quick Start Guides
• Windows: Quick Start Guides
• Uninstall Office 2016 for Mac
• Uninstall Office 2016 for Windows