Installing Microsoft Office
Hartwick College IT is pleased to remind you that the College has an Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES) agreement with Microsoft that provides three major benefits:
If desired, College-owned Windows and Macintosh computers may install or be upgraded to the most current version of MS Office (Professional 2021) at no additional cost. Upgrades/installations for College-owned equipment may be requested by contacting the Technology Resource Center. If you are considering an upgrade, please first discuss this within your department and get department/supervisor consensus to avoid any compatibility issues with your close colleagues.
Students can install and run a full version of MS Office on their personal computer at no cost while they are attending Hartwick College.
Current faculty and staff may now install a full version of MS Office on up to 5 personally owned devices.
Eligible students and employees taking advantage of the installation on personally owned equipment should be aware of the following:
Our agreement allows you to either use the online versions of Office products or to download and install a full version. Hartwick recommends installation of the full version for full product functionality.
Your access to install and use MS Office on personally owned equipment is tied to your College network account.
After installation of the product, Microsoft will require an online “check-in” approximately every 30 days, using your Hartwick College account, to verify your continued eligibility.
Upon graduation, retirement or other separation from the College, when your network account is disabled, you will be unable to complete the check-in successfully, and after a warning, you will have the option to purchase your own copy of the product. Microsoft will determine at what point the product stops working if you fail to complete the check-in.
The installation includes access to OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage. If you choose to use this OneDrive account to store your Office or other personal files, access will also be tied to your Hartwick network account. Upon separation from the College you will need to download those files or lose access to them. We recommend storing your personal files on your hard drive or using other personally owned cloud storage not tied to your College account.
To install Office on personally owned equipment, please go to https://portal.office.com and log in using your Hartwick College email address as the username and your Hartwick network password.
Click the "Install Apps" down arrow to see your two choices:
Choose "Other install options" to put a copy of Microsoft office on your computer. If you have a tablet, you also have the option to use the online version "Microsoft 365".
Click the Install Office button to install the program on your computer:
To install or upgrade Office on College-owned equipment, please to contact the TRC.
Questions? Please contact the TRC at 607-431-4357 or technology@hartwick.edu.