Office 365 for enterprises

Quick start guide to Office 365 for enterprises

• The web experience
• The desktop app experience
• The mobile experience
• Help and the Office 365 Community

Microsoft Office 365 for enterprises is an easy-to-use set of web-enabled tools that let you access your email, important documents, contacts, and calendar from almost anywhere and any device. For a quick introduction, watch the tour for Office 365 users to get an overview of Office 365.

These tools include Microsoft Office Web Apps, which are web versions of the Microsoft Office desktop apps that you are already familiar with like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. With Office Web Apps you can create and edit documents on any PC that has a web browser.

This Quick Start Guide walks you through some common tasks to give you a feel for the everyday use of Office 365.

If you are an administrator of Office 365, see the Introduction for Office 365 administrators to learn about the tasks related to administration.

The web experience

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The Office 365 portal gives you instant access to your email and your company’s shared documents. Whenever and wherever you have access to the Internet, you have access to Office 365.

Before you begin, you need to know your user ID and password. If you don’t have them already, get them from your company’s administrator.

Sign in to the Office 365 portal

1. Go to the Office 365 sign-in page. (Alternatively, you can go to the public Office 365 page, and then click Sign In, in the upper right corner.)
2. Type your user ID and your password.