

Log in via the Office portal just like from your home workplace.Install Office 365 and OneDrive via Software Center (type "Software Center" in the Windows search bar).Office 365, the successor to Office 2016, now offers you the customary applications and also access to cloud storage via OneDrive.įrom your university workplace you can work in two different ways in Office 365 and OneDrive: Office 2016 is the standard once Windows 10 has been installed. Office gives you access to applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. You will find Microsoft Office in the basic software package on your PC. If you need access but you are unable to install Office 365, please contact the helpdesk (phone) 8888 to request access. Staff who are guests of the university may not have automatic access to Office 365 and OneDrive. These conditions for use are on the Helpdesk Portal. The use of OneDrive is bound to conditions for use and only intended for data that are not confidential and do not contain personal data. the ease of working together online – and saving travel and time.the possibility to securely save files from your university workstation (P drive) to OneDrive.the possibility to work with Office applications via the online Office portal or with apps on a smartphone or tablet.Always available files are stored locally on your device and will take up space, but they are always available, even without an Internet connection.Office 365 and OneDrive offer various options for working from various locations and on different devices. You can change the file back to online-only by right-clicking the file and selecting Free up space.įiles that have been marked as Always keep on this device will have a green circle with the white checkmark.

This allows the file to become a locally available file, which can be accessed anytime, even when your computer does not have an Internet connection. Opening an online-only file will automatically download a local copy of the file to your device. You need an Internet connection to open online-only files. You see a cloud icon for each online-only file, but the file doesn’t download to your device until you open it. Online-only files don’t take up space on your computer.

These icons let you know the current sync status of the file or folder. When Files On-Demand is turned on, the files synced to your OneDrive – University of Vermont folder will display one of three icons.
