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Help: Microsoft 365 for students

Here you can find all relevant information about Microsoft 365 as a student.

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First Steps

Before you can use Microsoft 365, you must first apply for a personal license for Microsoft 365 for Students via the IDM portal.

To the IDM portal

Log in to the IDM portal with your university login (i.e. ab12cdef) and the corresponding password.

Under "Applications", you now select the "Office 365" tile.

A window appears with information on how to apply for Office 365 and the consent form. Now place a check mark next to "I would like to use Office 365 and consent to the transfer of data to Microsoft:".

Now click on "Save".

  • Wait at least 60 minutes after you unlock Microsoft 365, otherwise you may experience a login error.

After successful license assignment, you can download the installation package on the Microsoft 365 pages.

Microsoft 365 Online

Log in here with "[Uni-Login]@uni-leipzig.de" to be redirected.

Instructions

Detailed instructions and FAQs can be found on the Microsoft support page.

To the Microsoft Office-Support

FAQ

No, there is currently no way to use Microsoft Web Apps. To use them, you would need to enable online storage services. Currently, there is no data privacy clearance of an online storage service from Microsoft, so it is not possible to use Microsoft Web Apps.

No, the University does not currently offer the ability to use the Office Add-In Store because the required "optional associated experiences" cannot be enabled. The disabling exists for the following reasons:

Unlike the enabled "connected experiences", there is currently no agreement in place between the Free State of Saxony and Microsoft for commissioned data processing. In addition, the use of each add-in would have to be examined individually for data protection concerns and the data protection officers of the University of Leipzig would have to be given the opportunity to comment.
This would also require a regular review of the service with a particular focus on accessibility, data protection, information security, and licensing law in the event of changes/extensions to an add-in.

Troubleshooting

Unfortunately, there is currently no way to use Microsoft web apps. To use them, access to online storage services is required. Currently, there is no data protection approval for a Microsoft online storage service, which is why using Microsoft web apps is not possible.

When logging in to Microsoft Office 365, you may experience an error if you try to log in before the 60 minutes has elapsed or before you have been unlocked.

This will cause the login to stagnate. To solve the problem, you will need to delete the history data and cookies and access the Microsoft login page again.