Carleton provides email services for students, staff, and faculty, using the Microsoft 365 (M365) suite–formerly the Microsoft Office 365 suite. The M365 license is dependent on your status at the university, details below.
- Student Microsoft Licensing
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1. Receiving Your License:
- Eligibility: Once an active student, you are eligible for an M365 license.
- Activation: Your M365 license will be automatically assigned.
- Installation: You can install M365 on up to five personal devices, instructions found here.
2. Using M365:
- Access: Log in to your M365 account using your Carleton University Cmail account and password via Office.com
- Features: Access to a suite of M365 applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and OneDrive.
3. License Termination:
- Upon graduation the M365 license is removed. This removes access to the M365 suite, Teams and OneDrive. To prevent loss of data, steps should be taken to retrieve or back up items stored in repositories like OneDrive and Teams.
- There will be no change to your Carleton email. Your @cmail.carleton.ca address will remain available for you to send and receive emails at outlook.office.com.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk.
- Staff Microsoft Licensing
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1. Receiving Your License:
- Eligibility: As a newly hired staff member, you are eligible for an M365 license.
- Activation: Your M365 license will be automatically activated upon your hiring.
- Installation: You can install M365 on up to five personal devices, instructions found here.
2. Using M365:
- Access: Log in to your M365 account using your Carleton University MC1 credentials via Office.com
- Features: Access to a suite of M365 applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and OneDrive.
3. License Termination:
- Leaving the University: When your employment status ends with Carleton, your M365 license will be revoked and you will no longer have access to the software.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk.
- Faculty Microsoft Licensing
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1. Receiving Your License:
- Eligibility: As a newly hired faculty member, you are eligible for an M365 license.
- Activation: Your M365 license will be automatically activated upon your hiring.
- Installation: You can install M365 on up to five personal devices, instructions found here.
2. Using M365:
- Access: Log in to your M365 account using your Carleton University MC1 credentials via Office.com
- Features: Access to a suite of M365 applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and OneDrive.
3. License Termination:
- Leaving the University: If you leave Carleton University, your Office 365 license will be revoked and you will no longer have access to the software.
- Retirement: Upon retirement, your M365 software license will be deactivated. You will lose access to the desktop applications, however, you can continue to use the online cloud version of M365 by signing into Office.com with your @cunet.carleton.ca email address. For a list of other features and services affected, please see this chart.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk.
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