Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365  allows Ohio State students, faculty and staff to collaborate through one cloud platform. It includes wide variety of productivity apps, such as Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, and much more.

Access email, store and share files, communicate with your coworkers or students, schedule meetings, track your to-do lists and more by integrating applications and downloading them on up to five devices.

Wexner Medical Center employees (@osumc.edu) are not eligible to use this service.

If Microsoft 365 are new to you, you may benefit from reading the "Microsoft 365 Services: Useful Information for Getting Started" page on the Administrative Resource Center (ARC).

Sign in to Microsoft 365

Sign in to Outlook for email

University employees and guests:
Use lastname.#@osu.edu and password

COTC employees:
Use lastname.#@mail.cotc.edu and password

BuckeyeMail users at the university:
Use lastname.#@buckeyemail.osu.edu and password

Approved Integrations

Learn more about third-party integrations and requesting add-ins.

Please be advised that Microsoft 365 add-ins may require you to create an account with that vendor. In these cases, be sure to set a unique and strong passphrase; do not reuse your Ohio State or other passwords. Enable multifactor authentication where available. More information is available from Ohio State's Information Security Control Requirements (ISCR) and Password Guidance from NIST.

Approved third-party integrations

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe Workfront
  • Asana (Teams App)
  • Caissa
  • CarmenCanvas access to Office Online
  • CarmenCanvas access to OneDrive
  • Chronograph xConnect for Excel
  • Cronofy
  • Explain Everything
  • Good Notes
  • iAnnotate 4
  • Jira (Atlassian) – Teams
  • MathType add-in for Microsoft Word
  • Mendeley
  • Mentimeter for PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Educator Center
  • Microsoft Forms in PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Official Courses On-Demand
  • Microsoft Visio Data Visualizer
  • OnCourse (EAB Navigate Integration)
  • OneNote Web Clipper
  • People Graph
  • PerfectIt
  • PowerDMS
  • ReadAndWrite and ReadAndWrite Desktop
  • RefWorks Citation Manager
  • Smartsheet access to OneDrive
  • Titanium Schedule Calendar Sync
  • Zoom

    Microsoft 365 Product Accessibility

    If you have a disability and have trouble with any Microsoft 365 product, please reference the Microsoft Accessibility Disability Answer Desk where you can contact Windows and Office accessibility support through various methods.

    If you require additional support, please call the Ohio State Accessibility Helpline 614-292-5000.

    Helpful Links

    IT Service Support

    Accessibility Support