Technology Support

Applicable to all users

• Office 365 is for personal use only
• The version of Office 365 is Office 365 Business not University, this is important when referencing instructions on the Microsoft website.
• The applications are not to be installed on College owned equipment.  College equipment already has the most current version of Office installed.
• Medicine Hat College does not manage or support Office 365.
  • This is a service provided by Microsoft and we are facilitating the access to it through the @mymhc.ca and @mhc.ab.ca email accounts
  • One Drive
    • Automatic Syncing of One Drive is only enabled for Medicine Hat College owned machines operating on the MHC domain.
    • You must access One Drive through the OneDrive.com url
    • This is not monitored or maintained by MHC or the Information Technology Services department.  If a file is deleted or damaged we are not able to restore it.
    • Data security is the responsibility of the user

Applicable to Staff/Faculty

• Sensitive information that is covered under FOIP legislation (including student and employee information) should not be stored
• Users are able to access documents stored on the College network through the VPN, and edit using the Office package on their personal devices.

For students only

Access Microsoft in a few easy steps:

• Ensure that you have access to your @mymhc.ca email account.
  • If you are unsure how to access it, click here.
• Proceed to https://office.com and login with your @mymhc.ca address
• Select Install Office and then select Office 365 Apps
• Congratulations! You now have access to the Office 365 product page and can either begin your download or collaborate online