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Can my school see my files?

Anonymous
2023-07-06T04:56:01+00:00

Hello,

My school offers us Office365 accounts for free when we sign up using our school emails. I was wondering, what kind of access would my school have to my files that I save to that Office365 account? Would they be able to access my files/share them/etc.?

Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-07T02:29:01+00:00

    Dear Michael Ann,

    Thanks for your reply.

    Sure, you could choose the account you want to use in Office applications,

    Use your school account with license to active Office applications, sign in your own personal account and switch to that account, then you could save the file to your personal OneDrive with AutoSave on.

    Thanks for your understanding and cooperation! Hope you keep safe and healthy always.

    Sincerely,

    Sean | Microsoft Community Moderator

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T06:17:57+00:00

    Dear Michael Ann,

    Thanks for posting in Microsoft community. We are glad to help you.

    If you are using the school account with education license and school domain like @schoolname.com, then the answer to your concern is yes. The Microsoft365 global admins have the permission to view and save the files you saved in your school account like OneDrive/SharePoint. So we recommend you to save your personal files in your personal OneDrive with personal account like @outlook.com.

    Thanks for your understanding and cooperation! Hope you keep safe and healthy always.

    Sincerely,

    Sean | Microsoft Community Moderator

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T16:03:36+00:00

    Thank you. If I'm working in a Word document, would I be able to choose which OneDrive account the document saves to? Or would it only be able to save to the Microsoft365 account linked to my school?

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