General Questions Regarding Microsoft 365
Students must use their 天涯海角社区 Microsoft 365 email account for all college communications.
天涯海角社区 Microsoft 365 accounts for new students will be created within 90 minutes after the application has been activated. The account will be removed after the student has not been enrolled for more than one year. For the new account to be created, a readmit application must be completed.
- Microsoft 365 - A collection of services that allows you to collaborate and share your schoolwork. It's available to staff and teachers who are currently working at 天涯海角社区 and to students who are currently attending 天涯海角社区. The service includes Office Online (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote) and unlimited OneDrive storage.
- Skype for Business - communication services include instant messaging, an online presence, video and phone conferencing, and other real-time collaboration features.
- OneDrive - which is also a part of Microsoft 365, provides unlimited online storage and allows users to create, edit, and share documents online.
Here is the most up-to-date list of applications you have access to in your Microsoft 365 account:
- Calendar
- Class Notebook
- Delve
- Dynamics 365
- Excel
- Flow
- Forms
- OneDrive
- OneNote
- Outlook
- People
- Planner
- PowerApps
- PowerPoint
- SharePoint
- Staff Notebook
- StaffHub
- Stream
- Sway
- Tasks
- Teams
- To-Do
- Video
- Word
- Yammer
App availability may vary depending on if you are a student or an employee. You can find out more information about each of these apps at .
Microsoft Office 2016 is a suite of software that is installed on a particular computer and can only be accessed from that machine. Microsoft 365 services are cloud-based and can be accessed from anywhere on the Internet. This can be somewhat confusing since Microsoft has also applied the Microsoft 365 label to some of the traditional Office software offerings, like Microsoft 365 Home Premium.
Yes, you are required to use your SF Microsoft 365 account if you wish to contact SF faculty and staff.
天涯海角社区 Microsoft 365 accounts for new students will be created within 90 minutes after the application has been activated. The account will be removed after the student has not been enrolled for more than one year. For the new account to be created, a readmit application must be completed.
Your student email address will be in the following format: firstname.lastname@go.sfcollege.edu
Example: A student named John Smith would have the email address john.smith@go.sfcollege.edu.
Microsoft 365 primarily lives in the cloud which means that you simply need a web browser and an Internet connection to access you emails and documents from anywhere in the world. Log into your Microsoft 365 account, open OneDrive and you will see a list of files that you can directly work on in your browser.
Microsoft 365 gives you the ability to collaborate with students or instructors on Word Documents, PowerPoint Presentations, and Excel Spreadsheets as long as they have access to their own Microsoft 365 account. Changes to these documents are automatically saved to the cloud. For more information on collaborating with others: .
Microsoft 365 allows you to download a local copy of the software so that you can work on papers and projects even when you don't have access to an Internet connection. When you do finally connect to the Internet the work you've done on your computer will automatically sync up with your cloud account.
Information on installing a local copy:
Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud storage solution much like Dropbox. All of the documents and projects you work on in Microsoft 365 can be stored here. Additionally, you can use this space to store other content like photos, video, and audio files. You will have access to nearly one terabyte of storage as a 天涯海角社区 student. For more information about Microsoft OneDrive: .
Although the cloud can be a convenient place to store files, sometimes you may want a local copy to share with someone who does not have access to their own Microsoft 365 account. This can be easily done by following the instructions on Microsoft's training website:
You will have access while you are a student at 天涯海角社区 and for one year from the last date of recorded attendance at SF.
First, you will need to prepare your Gmail account:
Then, you will need to connect the Gmail account:
Please contact the Welcome Center for assistance with accessing your SF Microsoft 365 account. You can call them at 352-395-5000.