Members of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) are granted access to a suite of cloud-based services through Microsoft’s Office 365 for Education program.
Office 365 constitutes a dynamic platform, the composition of which may vary over time as Microsoft adds or discontinues specific services available to academic institutions. At present, the following services are among those provided:
Moreover, under a dedicated institutional agreement between AUTh and Microsoft, eligible users are entitled to access the desktop editions of Microsoft Office 365, which may be installed on a specified number of personal computing devices.
The above services, along with all related parameters (e.g., available storage capacity), are not administered by the Digital Governance Unit (DGU) and are therefore subject to modification or discontinuation at the sole discretion of Microsoft, without prior notice or formal communication.
Users must own an active institutional account at AUTh and maintain an active affiliation with the university.
In particular, access to the desktop editions of Microsoft Office 365 is exclusively available to the following categories of active AUTh members:
Students (undergraduate and postgraduate), and doctoral candidates
Teaching staff
Administrative and technical staff, whether permanent or contract-based
To access Office 365 services, users must complete the following steps:
Sign in with their institutional credentials (username and password) at myaccount.auth.gr.
Navigate to the service management interface at myaccount.auth.gr/pr/application/view/3 and select the “Accept” and the “Activate” options.
Upon completion of the activation process, a new user identity is issued in the format of:username@office365.auth.gr
To sign in to the Office 365 environment:
Visit either https://portal.office.com or https://login.microsoftonline.com.
Enter the Office 365 identity in the form username@office365.auth.gr.
The user will be redirected to the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki’s authentication portal to complete the login using institutional credentials.
The Office 365 for Education suite includes both online and desktop applications. Users may access and utilize these services independently. The AUTh IT Center provides support exclusively for issues related to access and activation of the services, and does not provide technical assistance for the operation or functionality of Microsoft applications. Relevant documentation and updates to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section are provided periodically to support users.
Users who wish to manage their institutional email through Outlook on Office 365 should follow the procedure below:
Visit myaccount.auth.gr.
Select the “Email” section and then “Email Forwarding”.
Add the Office 365 identity in the format username@office365.auth.gr.
All incoming email messages addressed to the institutional account will thereafter be redirected to the Office 365 Outlook mailbox. Incoming email messages will no longer be accessible via webmail.auth.gr.
To access institutional email, users may either:
Sign in to https://portal.office.com and select “Mail”, or
Go directly to https://outlook.office365.com
The appropriate login credential is the Office 365 identity: username@office365.auth.gr
Should users require that outgoing messages display their standard institutional email address instead of the default Office 365 identity, they must contact the AUTh IT Service Desk at support@auth.gr.
Digital Governance Unit
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
