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When you do customize the end-user experience, it is also important to communicate the changes so employees know what they should see when they go to log in. You will need your University username and password to access the Office 365 Portal.
While branding won’t thwart all attempts at phishing, it should help prevent the drive-by phishing attacks that make use of the generic portal images and will also give your organization a more professional look. This additional article does a good job in outlining where and how you can accomplish the portal branding: This TechNet article describes and labels all of the areas available for customization: Here is an example of the portal for Peters & Associates with the associated numbers for each image and text placement: It can only be 256 characters and might be something like: “For assistance call the help desk”… or a disclaimer: “For official employee use.” Many places leave it blank, but this could be utilized to remind employees of the help desk number or other items of note. This might be the personal Microsoft account you associated with Office, or the username and password you use with your work or school account. The third area highlighted on the page is where you would add free form text. On the Sign In screen, type the email address and password you use with Office. The reason it should be transparent is that it will appear in other areas of the Office 365 portal and may be in front of a colored background. This image needs to be a transparent JPG or PNG with a maximum height of 36 px and maximum width of 245 px. Image 2 is typically either a graphic of your organization’s name or your company logo with tag line. This image should be something identifiable to your organization and readily familiar to your employees. In this example, Image 1 needs to be a JPG or PNG with the image dimensions of 1920 x 1080 px and a file size less than 300kb. This illustration uses the current (soon to be old) portal as an example of three simple changes you can make: Microsoft published a TechNet article that does a good job outlining the various areas where customization can take place and their placement on the screen as well. Phishing campaigns trying to get credentials for Office 365 have been on the rise, and will probably only get worse with these changes, which is why you should really consider customizing your portal sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, the familiarity of the current generic portal landing page has sparked the interest of many bad actors lately. The new screen will now look like the following: Your log in experience now will be a little different – this is something you will need to get used to since it will be the new normal by the end of October 2017. Microsoft is adding functionality to Office 365 to improve security and as a part of this effort has introduced a new interface to the portal. It is the generic landing page where you enter your credentials in order to gain access to Office 365 and its many features and applications. For more information, see these tips on Purdue data handling procedures.If you belong to an organization that has not customized its Office 365 portal, you will undoubtedly find the above graphic very familiar. Remember, any digital service outside Purdue that includes such features as email and cloud storage should not be used to transmit or store sensitive or restricted University data. Visit GoldAnswers for help moving to Office 365 and configuring all your devices.
You can install Office 365 on up to five devices.
Then click the Install button on the top right of the page.
Sign in with your Purdue email address and password. To install Office 365 on your computer, visit the Purdue Office 365 portal.
Purdue has licensed Office 365 from Microsoft to make it available for free on an individual basis to students, faculty and staff, including use on their personally owned machines. Office 365 for Students, Faculty, and Staff