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Upgrade to Office 365

Instructions for upgrading from Office 2016 to Office 365

NOTE: YOU WILL NEED YOUR UW NETID TO LICENSE OFFICE AFTER THE UPDATE. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR NETID, YOU WILL NEED TO CONTACT DOIT.

Click this link for a step by step instructional video on Activating the Office 365 Product License. You will need to use your @wisc.edu email in order to access the video.

Make sure that all Microsoft Office programs are closed (Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
Open "Software Center"
Select "Microsoft Office 365"
Click "Install"
Once the install finishes, open one of the Office programs (except Outlook). You'll be prompted to log in to license Office. Log in with your UW NetID to complete the update.

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Created:	2020-07-21 14:46 CDT	Updated:	2021-04-09 10:40 CDT
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Upgrade to Office 365

NOTE: YOU WILL NEED YOUR UW NETID TO LICENSE OFFICE AFTER THE UPDATE. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR NETID, YOU WILL NEED TO CONTACT DOIT.

Make sure that all Microsoft Office programs are closed (Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, Word)

Open "Software Center"

Select "Microsoft Office 365"

Click "Install"

Once the install finishes, open one of the Office programs (except Outlook). You'll be prompted to log in to license Office. Log in with your UW NetID to complete the update.