George Brown Polytechnic is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work and live in the community with each other.
George Brown Polytechnic provides students and staff with free access to Microsoft 365—a tool that allows you to create, edit, and share documents and projects in real time and on the go.
Access to Microsoft 365, including OneDrive, is available to currently registered students and up to 1 year after your last registered course.
The service can be used on your PC or Mac and on your Android or iOS device. With your account, you can install the Microsoft 365 application on up to five devices.
What's included
With Microsoft 365, George Brown users can access the most up-to-date versions of well-known Microsoft programs, including:
- Teams
- Outlook
- Edge
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- OneNote
- Copilot
- Authenticator (visit our MFA page for instructions)
- OneDrive: Users receive one terabyte (TB) of storage and sharing, and 50 gigabyte (GB) of email storage in Outlook.
Please note that Microsoft 365 saves documents to a cloud-based Microsoft server that is not the George Brown Polytechnic server.
Sign in
Students and staff can access Microsoft 365 with their George Brown Polytechnic login credentials.
Username: studentID/employeeID@georgebrown.ca
Password: George Brown password
Need help?
If you want to learn how to use Microsoft 365 to its fullest, you can find free online training at Linkedin Learning. George Brown students and staff also have free access to this video tutorial site.
Students can also get in touch with our tech support for any account and app issues.
Accessing Microsoft Teams for virtual classes
The following instructions are for accessing Microsoft Teams, but the same goes for any Microsoft app, just with the appropriate link. Searching in your device's app store should bring them up.
All George Brown classes will be in Microsoft Teams as of January 2026. To find your virtual classes, visit Brightspace, the Learning Management System we use. Within each course, there will be a Microsoft Education tab that includes all relevant class links.
Option 1: Desktop
(Recommended)
- Download the Microsoft Teams app on your computer (Desktop - Windows or macOS).
- Log in using your George Brown Polytechnic credentials.
Option 2: Web Browser via Microsoft 365
(Limited functionality, not recommended)
- Log in to Microsoft 365 with your George Brown credentials.
- Select Apps on the left menu.
- Select the Teams app.
Option 3: Mobile
(Limited functionality, not recommended)
- Download the Microsoft Teams app on your mobile device.
- Log in using your George Brown Polytechnic credentials.