Microsoft 365 Portal

Summary

The Microsoft 365 portal provides students and employees with online access to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, along with secure file storage and sharing through OneDrive. This article provides instructions for accessing the 365 portal.

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Microsoft 365 Portal 

The Microsoft 365 portal is a centralized hub where students and employees can access Office applications, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, directly online. Users can also store, access, and share their files securely using OneDrive in the 365 portal.

Logging into MS365

1. Navigate to Microsoft Office's Homepage or office.cpcc.edu

2. Sign in using your Central Piedmont email address and password.

3. You will be directed to your Home screen in MS365. 

4. You will be able to access web-based Microsoft Products such as Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint by using the Apps menu on the left-hand side. 

Home Screen of Office 365

App screen of Office 365

5. While in an app, you can select the dots in the top left corner to bring up an app menu to quickly switch to other Office 365 apps.

Apps menu

Email and Username Formats 

Students and Employees may see a variation of their email/user name in the Microsoft 365 Portal.
You will still use your standard email format when logging in:

Employee: 
  • Standard- firstname.lastname@cpcc.edu
  • Variation- username@cpcc.edu
Students:
  • Standard- username@email.cpcc.edu
  • Variation- username@lab.cpcc.edu

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Article ID: 19521
Created
Thu 5/9/24 8:24 AM
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Mon 4/6/26 5:57 PM

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