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Office 365 and Teams
Office 365 is provided to the University by Microsoft. It includes mail, calendars, conferencing, cloud-based file storage, and various document editing and sharing facilities. All staff and students use it. The Teams collaboration software is part of Office 365.
Login system
Office 365 uses Microsoft's login system, which is distinct from the University's own "Your University Login" system (which used to be called EASE). You will have separate accounts for each of these login systems. However, you may well find that they have the same password.
Your Microsoft account might be referred to in several ways - for instance your "Active Directory account", your "Office 365 account" or even your "University account".
In the Microsoft login system, your username has the form UUN@ed.ac.uk (your UUN is your DICE or University standard username). For instance, if your normal username was s1234567 then you would login to Office 365 as s1234567@ed.ac.uk.
To start using it
To activate your Office 365 account, visit ⇒ https://www.office365.ed.ac.uk/ then click "Activate". You only need to do this once.
More information
- ⇒ Office 365 (IS help page).
- ⇒ Teams (IS help page).
- ⇒ Mail.
- ⇒ Online meetings.
Mail tips
Name ordering
By default the University sets the names of Office 365 users to the form SURNAME Firstname. If you would like your name to be in some other form, for instance the more conventional Firstname Surname, ask the University to change your Office 365 "display name", saying what you would like it to be changed to. Students should contact EdHelp; staff and others should contact IS Helpline.
- ⇒ EdHelp.
- ⇒ IS Helpline.
Choice of mail address
By default the Office 365 suite assumes an @ed.ac.uk email address. If you prefer using an @inf.ed.ac.uk address, ask for your @inf.ed.ac.uk mail address to be the official address for you. Students should contact EdHelp; staff and others should contact IS Helpline.
- ⇒ EdHelp.
- ⇒ IS Helpline.
Training
IS runs training courses on Office 365. To find out more and to book on a course:
- Login to MyEd
- Click Staff Resources
- Select Training and event booking
- Search for Office 365.
- ⇒ MyEd.
Linkedin Learning also has courses on Office 365.