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Microsoft Office App Launcher

How do I use the app launcher?

The Office 365 app launcher opens when you click (or tap) the app launcher icon from the Office 365 portal.

It's a menu of Office 365 web apps and services that you are licensed for. The redesigned app launcher makes opening and switching between your apps easier than ever by highlighting your most used Office 365 apps and providing quick access to your recent online Office documents from anywhere in Office 365. This gives you an idea of what it looks like:

 

How do I use the app launcher?
From the Office 365 app launcher, click (or tap) a tile to go to that web app or service. For example, you might choose Outlook to go to your email, or OneDrive to go to your OneDrive for Business library.

You can also quickly open any Office documents you've been working on recently, or create a new one by clicking the New button and selecting an Office app. These documents are automatically stored in OneDrive.

 

Note: You might see some of the following tiles or different ones in your app launcher. It all depends on what's included in your subscription. 
Note: Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, and if you don't have Windows 10, try using the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.

 

Tile - What it does

  • Outlook - Takes you to your mail and calendar in Outlook on the web.
  • OneDrive - Takes you to your OneDrive for Business library.
  • Word or Word Online - Creates a new Word document in the browser window (Word Online), which is saved automatically to your OneDrive for Business library.
  • Excel or Excel Online - Creates a new Excel workbook in the browser window (Excel Online), which is saved automatically to your OneDrive for Business library.
  • PowerPoint or PowerPoint Online - Creates a new PowerPoint presentation in the browser window (PowerPoint Online), which is saved automatically to your OneDrive for Business library.
  • OneNote or OneNote Online - Opens your OneNote notebook in the browser window (OneNote Online), which is saved automatically to your OneDrive for Business library.
  • SharePoint - Opens SharePoint, where you can share your work, work with others, organize your projects and teams and discover people and information.
  • Teams - Opens Teams, a chat-centered workspace
  • Yammer - Takes you to Yammer, your organization's social network.
  • Admin - (Available only to Office 365 administrators)