Using IS&T's volume-licensed Microsoft Office installer

Overview

For self-service installation of Office 365 desktop applications on a machine for your own use, IS&T recommends using Microsoft’s installer, available to students, faculty, and staff by logging into office.com with your MIT email address, and authenticating through Touchstone.

For those MIT staff, faculty, or students who need to install Office on an MIT-owned macOS or Windows computer for use by an authorized MIT user other than themselves, such as in the cases of a shared laboratory computer or for an authorized MIT contractor, IS&T provides the packaged installers below, which are volume-licensed separately for this purpose.

Licensing

Microsoft Office is available to authorized members of the MIT community through MIT's Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA).

How to Obtain

To avoid activation problems, uninstall any OEM version that may be on your computer prior to installing IS&T's Enterprise version of the software. See Microsoft’s documentation for uninstall instructions for PCs and Macs.
Download

Obtain volume-licensed installers from IS&T’s Microsoft Campus Agreement site (MIT certificate required).

Install and activate

Applications installed via these packages require an MIT network connection for activation.

Connect to the MIT SECURE wireless network, to a wired MITnet connection, or to MIT's VPN (if off campus) before running the installer.

For MacOS installations, be sure to run both the installer and serializer packages included in the folder.

Important: The computer must be connected to MITnet, either directly or via MIT's Virtual Private Network (VPN), at least once every 180 days for the Office software to remain operational.