Accessing Microsoft 365 Apps (Faculty/Staff/US Students)

IMPORTANT: The following instructions apply to all faculty, staff, and Upper School students. If someone is not a part of one of the groups above and needs a license, please have them email the Help Desk (help@kingschoolct.org).

1. Go to this link in any web browser and select Sign in in the upper right corner.
   
2. Sign in using your King School Google email address and password.
   1. If you are faculty or staff, your email address will be your firstinitial+lastname@kingschoolct.org (wtest@kingschoolct.org)
      
      
   2. If you are a student, your email address will be your firstname.lastname@students.kingschoolct.org (for example, william.test@students.kingschoolct.org)
      
      
      
3. Once signed in, select Install and more on the right side and then Install Microsoft 365 apps.
   
4. Select Install Office on the next page. If you don't see that option, make sure to you are under the Apps & devices pane on the left side. Save the download to a folder. If you see a message that no licenses are assigned to your account, send an email with the screenshot of the message to help@kingschoolct.org. 
   
5. After the file finishes downloading, open the file and run the installer - follow the on-screen prompts for the installation. It may take up to 10 minutes depending on your device as it is a large installation. Please be patient and allow the installer to finish. 

   Open the downloaded .pkg file. 

   
   

   Follow the on-screen prompts on the installer. Please be patient!

   
   
   
6. After a successful installation and you open one of the Microsoft Office applications, such as Word, you will be prompted to sign in. Enter your King School email and password.
   1. In some cases, you will have to manually open the log-in window. You can do this by selecting Activate on the bottom left corner of whatever Microsoft Office app you have opened. Then select Already bought Office? Sign in. Enter your King School email and password.
      
      
7. After completing the initial installation, you may be prompted to update the M365 applications. While we advised to keep these applications updated, they are not necessary. However, if you experience issues with the apps after a successful installation, we recommend to try and update the apps as your first troubleshooting step. As always, send an email to help@kingschoolct.org if you need further assistance.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   ** THE SECTION BELOW ONLY APPLIES TO WINDOWS OS **

Allow my organization to manage my device - If you use Windows OS, your device is most likely not connected to our domain. Therefore, the only purpose of leaving this checked is to allow your school account credentials to be used to sign into all M365 suite applications. We will not have the ability to manage your device.

You also have the option to "No, sign in to this app only". If you choose this option, you will need to sign into all of the other M365 applications individually.

At this point, you are done. You may or may not see a Something went wrong error message, but you can click Done and ignore it. It does not affect your Microsoft 365 usage. Enjoy!