Get started with Office 365 for free
Students and educators at eligible institutions can sign up for Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional classroom tools. Use your valid school email address to get started today.
Microsoft 365 for the web is a free version of Microsoft 365 that you can use in a web browser. All you need is to sign up for a Microsoft account with a new or existing email address. Use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more for free on the web.
You activate Microsoft 365 by signing in with a Microsoftaccount. If we detect your Microsoft account, we'll show it on this screen. After you sign in, your product is added to your Microsoft account, so that you can reinstall it later, or manage your new subscription, without a product key.
Office 365 A1
This free online version of Office includes everything you expect from Office, plus Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft 365, because it is a subscription license service and requires an annual or monthly subscription to get the latest versions of the Office apps, such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
With the free Office apps on your mobile device, you can do some core tasks like viewing, creating, and editing files. However, you will need a qualifying Microsoft 365 subscription if: Your mobile device is larger than 10.1”.
Microsoft Office Professional 2021 lifetime license: $40
This wildly popular offer for a lifetime Microsoft Office license is back. It's available for both Mac and Windows for just $40, so be sure to grab the right one for the computer that you use regularly.
After you sign in, select your name in the upper right-hand corner, and then select Order History. Locate the Microsoft 365 one-time purchase or individual Microsoft 365 app, and then select Install Microsoft 365 to view your product key (this doesn't actually install Microsoft 365).
Office 365 is a cloud-based suite of productivity apps like Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and more. Microsoft 365 is a bundle of services including Office 365, plus several other services including Windows 10 Enterprise.
What's the difference between a Microsoft 365 subscription and free web apps. If you see a Free badge after signing in with your Microsoft account at Microsoft365.com, it means you don't have an active Microsoft 365 Family or Personal subscription, but you do have access to the free web apps and online cloud storage.
With Microsoft 365 subscription plans you get the fully installed Office apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and Access (Publisher and Access are available on PC only).
To use extended offline access, you must have Version 2002 or later of Microsoft 365 Apps. To enable extended offline access, your organization must have a Microsoft 365 Apps license subscription. Extended offline access is not available as a license for all customers.
A product key is a 25-character code that's used to activate Windows and helps verify that Windows hasn't been used on more PCs than the Microsoft Software License Terms allow.
This can happen if you don't uninstall the pre-installed version of Office on your new PC before installing a volume license version of Office. To stop the prompts for activation, make sure your Office uses volume licensing and then update the registry.
Do you have to pay an annual fee for Microsoft Office 365? The short answer is, yes. Microsoft Office 365 requires an annual or monthly subscription fee. There are different subscription plans available to choose from, depending on your needs and budget.
Office 2021 is a one-time purchase that comes with classic apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for PC or Mac, and does not include any of the services that come with a Microsoft 365 subscription.
You can choose to pay for your subscription on a monthly or yearly basis, and the Microsoft 365 Family plan lets you share your subscription with your family for up to 6 people, and use your apps on multiple PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones.
If you decide not to buy Microsoft 365, you can let your trial expire or cancel it. Back up any data that you want to keep. After the 30-day Expired stage ends, your trial account information and data are permanently deleted.
A Microsoft 365 subscription unlocks access to the full versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and more across the web, mobile, and desktop. It also guarantees updates to the latest versions of the apps as they release, unlike with a standalone copy of Office.
Don't be fooled by the wording. You are not buying a license for Office. Instead, you're buying a product key that allows you to download the Office desktop software from Microsoft's website. The software will probably activate and work just like a copy of Office purchased directly from Microsoft.
Windows 10 Onwards
According to Microsoft's website: Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2016, Office 2019 and Office 365 are all compatible with Windows 10.