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Access to Microsoft 365 is only available to current Columbus State Students and Employees. When you are no longer enrolled in CSCC courses or stop receiving a CSCC paycheck, the Microsoft 365 applications installed on your device become inactive
Access Office 365
- Open a web browser, such as Chrome or Firefox
- Navigate to https://portal.office.com
- Once you are on the Sign in screen, log in using your email address and password (same password that you use for Self-Service and Blackboard)
- Student - username@student.cscc.edu
- Employee - username@cscc.edu
![login page with CSCC image and branding](https://td.cscc.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=93fb5fee-7928-47da-99b6-5a80ec417323.png)
- Click the Microsoft application icon that meets your needs on the left side of the screen. If you don't see what you're looking for there, click the Apps icon.
- Outlook: office email and appointment scheduling
- Teams: virtual meeting space for your team
- Word: document creation
- Excel: spreadsheets and calculations
- PowerPoint: presentations
- OneNote: create and share notes for better collaboration
![View of the Microsoft 365 portal with links to Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and more](https://td.cscc.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=65f02f63-6ad7-4aac-b9d6-f2186032498c.png&beidInt=1)
Switching between Apps
- In any Office 365 application, click on the Waffle icon () on the top left corner of the screen:
![Office 365 Waffle button for Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneDrive](https://td.cscc.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=60f2dfa4-9edf-440d-8507-a01853660118.png)
- Click the Office Application link that you wish to switch to
![Menu of Office 365 applications](https://td.cscc.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=9c2209a3-3a97-4eae-825b-07924ea18276.png&beidInt=1)
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