Rice University Office 365 Portal
Office 365 is available for current Rice faculty, staff, and students.
Important Dates Description
Office 365 Account
Access to Office 365 requires - login with netid@rice.edu and netid password
August 17, 2020
Didn't have an Office 365 prior to August 17 - current faculty, staff, and students can request O365 account, using OIT Ticket.
O365 password reset
To change your netid password: Online Account Management System | MyNetID | Forgot Your Password?
Access to Microsoft 365
- Step 1: Point your browser to: http://portal.office.com/
- Step 2: Sign in to Microsoft 365 using netid@rice.edu, click Next.
If you are still having difficulty logging in, please submit a support request using this online form.
Step 3: Enter "netid password", click Sign in
One Drive
Access to Microsoft 365
*Important*
Did you create new documentation during the Rice Office 365 Portal Migration { August 14-17) - If yes, any new documents that created during the migration will not sync to your new OneDrive. You will need to backup recent documents and add to your new OneDrive.
Missing data?
You can login to the old tenant with your previous account credentials: account@rice0.onmicrosoft.com where the account (your previous account credentials) and manually move this data.
Step 1: Before signing in to your OneDrive, if you created and saved documents to your local OneDrive (August 13 - 17), rename those local files by adding word such as "old" to the filename, such as old_filename.
Step 2: Click on the OneDrive Cloud in system tray
Step 3: Select "Help & Settings"
Step 4: Select "Account" tab, Add an account, enter netid@rice.edu and netid password to associate account.
Will I be able to use Microsoft Teams?
- Rice students do not have access to use Microsoft Teams at this time. Microsoft Teams cannot be assigned to Students.
- You will still be able to use the Microsoft Teams if you are identified as Staff or Faculty. Rice NetID and NetID password.
- The migration will not move your existing Teams and groups settings. You must recreate these after migration.