Learning outcomes
- Explain how to install approved Microsoft 365 desktop and mobile apps.
- Complete the guided practice safely.
- Check that you can open an app successfully with the intended licence.
Getting Started
Install and Update Apps
Learn to install approved Microsoft 365 desktop and mobile apps and open an app successfully with the intended licence in this beginner-friendly Microsoft 365 lesson.
Before you begin
Use a work or school account approved by your organisation. Do not enter passwords or recovery codes into course notes.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open Microsoft365.com or the Microsoft 365 Copilot app and confirm you are using the intended account.
- Check update status and sign in after installation.
- Pause and check permissions, filenames, recipients, dates or settings that affect the task.
- Test the result: open an app successfully with the intended licence.
- Confirm the account, app and storage location you used, then note any difference from the screenshots or labels described.
Ian's practical tip: Use sample information first. Once the workflow is correct, repeat it with approved work information and the minimum necessary access.
Practical activity
Check update status and sign in after installation. Your expected result is to open an app successfully with the intended licence.