Microsoft 365 for students
Active Concordia students have access to Microsoft 365 Education, a cloud-based collection of applications and services for academic work and communication.
With Microsoft 365, you can complete assignments, organize your files, communicate with your professors and Concordia units, and collaborate easily with other students. Because it’s cloud-based, you can access your work from most devices, whether you’re on or off campus.
You can use the online versions directly in your browser on a computer or mobile device. You also have the option to download the full applications to your devices. Your subscription allows you to install Microsoft 365 on up to five computers and five mobile devices at no cost, and includes 1 TB of OneDrive storage.
The services are available for free and include:
- Outlook: Manage your Concordia email, calendar, and contacts.
- Teams: Chat with your instructor and classmates, participate in group discussions, and attend virtual meetings or classes.
- Word: Write essays, reports, and assignments.
- Excel: Organize and analyze data, create charts, and manage budgets or research data.
- PowerPoint: Create presentations for class projects and seminars.
- OneNote: Take and organize notes and keep course materials in one place.
- OneDrive: Store, access, and share files securely online.
- SharePoint: Collaborate on shared documents and access group or course-related resources.
- Copilot: Get help drafting content, summarizing information, and generating ideas.
Who can use it?
Active students enrolled in the current academic term.
How much does it cost?
There is no cost associated with this service
How to get it?
After registering for your first term at Concordia, you will receive your Concordia email address. This is where you will receive all communications from Concordia.
Once you’ve accessed your email through Outlook, you can sign in to Microsoft 365 to use or download the full suite of applications.
To access your email:
- First, set up multi-factor authentication.
- Then, log in to your Outlook inbox using your Concordia email account.
To access the suite of Microsoft 365 applications:
- Go to the Microsoft 365 login page.
- Log in using your Concordia email address.
Service availability
24/7
Documentation
For more information about how your personal information and data are handled, review the Microsoft 365 privacy documentation.
FAQ
Yes, the Policy on Concordia email accounts for students and employees requires the mandatory use of a Concordia email address by all members of the Concordia community. This policy supports an efficient, effective, and secure means for communications by email.
Yes, you have the option to activate an alias address which looks like: firstname.lastname@mail.concordia.ca. Activate the alias here.
Concordia students can also make a request to use a preferred name while studying at Concordia. Learn how to request the use of a preferred name.
Reach out to the Service Desk for support, if needed.
Yes, Microsoft provides a step-by-step guide to adding an email address to Outlook, including Gmail, iCloud, and Yahoo.
Yes, students who graduate from Concordia will be able to continue to use their Concordia email address, and will be able to access it using Outlook on the Web.
Yes, you can create a secure link and email it to a specific person. The recipient then receives a link in their email that works only for them. When they select the link, they need to verify their identity to access the file. Here are step-by-step instructions for sharing a file.
Yes, here are step-by-step instructions for adding a guest user in SharePoint. This will give your guests access to files saved in the SharePoint site.
Your username and password are the same as your Student Hub netname and password. If you have forgotten them, visit the password reset page.
If you are logged into any other Microsoft services (live.com, Hotmail, MSN, etc.), you will be unable to login to your Microsoft 365 account at the same time. Ensure you have logged out of these services before attempting to access your Concordia email account. If you are still unable to login, contact the Service Desk.