To answer your original question. Office 365 does not require an internet connection. You can save your work offline according to the following.
Another frequently asked inquiry is “Do I need an internet connection to use Microsoft Office 365?”.
However, you have to connect your computer to an internet network from Office 365 migration to Microsoft Office desktop apps, every 30 days. How do I access Microsoft Office 365 without an internet connection ? As I said before, anyone can use the desktop apps by Microsoft Office 365 offline, here I shall say how.
Does Office 365 always have to be online?
There’s an understandable misconception that the new Office 365 licence system (which counts Office sign-in not installs) means Office always has to be online … NOT so. Once signed-in to Office, the software will be activated with full functionality for 30 days. After 30 days offline, Office software will stop working fully.
If you have an Office 365 Business or Office 365 Business Premium subscription you’re able to use Office 365 offline. This means that you have full versions of Office that can be downloaded to each user’s machine for offline use. The only requirement to keep each user’s account active is for them to login every 30 days.
According to your description, if you only need 2 or 3 weeks with no internet connection. You can use Office normally. If you feel a reply works for you, please kindly vote or mark it as it will be beneficial to other community members reading this thread.
Once signed-in to Office, the software will be activated with full functionality for 30 days. After 30 days offline, Office software will stop working fully. It will drop to a Read Only mode with no editing allowed. To get Office back to full working order, you’ll need to reconnect to the Internet and sign-in to Office again.
How to use Microsoft Office apps without internet connection?
Then we can use the Office apps without an internet connection. Here are the steps to activate the Office apps: Open Word with internet connected > File > Account > User Information > sign in with Office 365 account (which you get the Office apps). Click “Switch account” if it already has signed with another account.
What are the advantages of using Microsoft Office 365?
The advantage is you can access and work on your files from anywhere with an internet connection, for example using a laptop or tablet PC, even a smart phone. Anyway, absolutely it is all about internet access. Office 365 is a web based version of MS Office. Cost range from $5.00 per user up to about $12.50 per user per month.
The new Office 365 licence system makes you sign-in to Office software from each device. How can that work if your computer is offline and can’t connect to the Internet? See Significant improvements in Office 365 Home, Personal and University and Office 365 now counts your sign-ins not installs.
Is it possible to use Microsoft forms offline?
If you want users fill out the survey and also submit the survey, unfortunately it is not available for offline use because Microsoft Forms requires network and to be used in browsers on desktop and mobile devices. If you have concern about this, I recommend sharing your valuable feedback to User. Voice to let the developers know your requirement.