How to download and install Microsoft 365 apps on Mac, iPad or iPhone

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Microsoft 365 subscription plans cod a scope of almighty applications and services wrong a azygous account, and the benefits aren't constricted to Windows users. Microsoft's developed standalone versions for galore of its fashionable 365 apps for iPad, iPhone and Mac users, portion a suite of cloud-based editions are besides disposable to subscribers utilizing Apple technologies.

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For example, Microsoft offers the pursuing iOS and iPad versions of its bundle and services, arsenic shown in Figure A:

• Azure
  
• Bookings
  
• Excel
  
• OneDrive
  
• OneNote
  
• Outlook
  
• Planner
  
• Power Apps
  
• Power Automate
  
• Power BI
  
• PowerPoint
  
• SharePoint
  
• Teams
  
• To Do
  
• Word
  
• Yammer
  

Figure A

iOS- and iPad-specific versions of Microsoft 365 apps see Excel, Outlook, OneDrive and Teams.

Mac and iPad owners with corresponding Microsoft 365 subscriptions tin entree and download those applications utilizing Apple's App Store. iPad and iPhone users tin besides look for Microsoft's Microsoft Office (Editors' Choice) app, which collects Word, Excel and PowerPoint wrong a azygous "app" download. With the Microsoft Office app, iPad and iPhone users tin besides make and motion PDF documents, arsenic well. Another enactment disposable to iPad and iPhone users is to download from the Apple App Store the Microsoft 365 Mobile Apps bundle, which installs the Microsoft Office app bundle arsenic good arsenic OneDrive, Outlook and OneNote wrong a azygous app.

Mac users request not fearfulness being forgotten, for Microsoft offers galore apps that tin beryllium installed and utilized locally connected macOS machines, including:

• Excel
  
• Outlook
  
• PowerPoint
  
• OneDrive
  
• OneNote
  
• Teams
  
• Word
  

Professionals with Macs and Microsoft 365 subscriptions tin entree and download the corresponding programs utilizing Apple's App Store. Just arsenic with iPad and iPhone users, Microsoft offers a Microsoft 365 app that bundles aggregate programs wrong a azygous app. The Microsoft 365 programme disposable wrong the Apple App Store for macOS users includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive.

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When iPad, iPhone and Mac users privation to simply leverage the web versions of the tools provided with their Microsoft 365 subscriptions tin bash truthful by logging successful to their Microsoft 365 account. Users tin entree the Microsoft 365 login leafage here: https://www.office.com.

The Microsoft 365 applications and services that tin beryllium accessed via the web utilizing an iPad, iPhone oregon Mac include:

• Excel
  
• Lists
  
• My Analytics
  
• OneDrive
  
• OneNote
  
• Outlook
  
• People
  
• Planner
  
• Power Apps
  
• Power Automate
  
• Power BI
  
• PowerPoint
  
• Project
  
• SharePoint
  
• Stream
  
• Sway
  
• Teams
  
• To Do
  
• Whiteboard
  
• Word
  
• Yammer
  

Once professionals utilizing Apple hardware person logged successful to their Microsoft 365 accounts, they tin entree the idiosyncratic apps and services associated with their subscription by clicking the App Launcher icon successful the apical near country oregon the All Apps icon successful the bottommost near corner, arsenic shown in Figure B.

Figure B

Microsoft 365 subscriptions connection aggregate options for accessing and adjacent downloading locally installed versions of assorted applications and services utilizing iPads, iPhones and Macs.

Another enactment for loading Microsoft 365 applications, depending upon the Microsoft 365 relationship successful place, is to usage the Install Office drop-down fastener recovered successful the apical close corner, arsenic besides is shown in Figure B. Clicking the fastener surfaces 2 options: instal Office 365 apps including Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more; oregon Other Install Options, successful which users tin specify a antithetic connection oregon idiosyncratic apps to beryllium installed connected the section machine.

Also see

• Apple users: Get to cognize these Microsoft 365 solutions to amended collaboration, productivity and more(TechRepublic)
• What Apple users should expect erstwhile utilizing Microsoft 365 subscriptions (TechRepublic)
• Excel connected the web: Microsoft closes the spread connected the desktop version (TechRepublic)
• Microsoft to rotation retired large improvements to record sharing successful Office 365 (TechRepublic)
• Microsoft adds much developer hooks into Teams, Microsoft 365 (ZDNet)
• Microsoft 365: A cheat sheet (TechRepublic)
• Must-read coverage: Windows 10 (TechRepublic connected Flipboard)