Office 365 (2013) is intrinsically cloud based. At the very minimum you have to connect to the internet once a month (or so) to confirm you still have a valid subscription (it hasn't expired, or been cancelled/expired).
Beyond the simple subscription validation, Office 365 and 2013 are written to default to skydrive. That can be changed to default to local drive. Here are some tips that may achieve some or all of what you want.
The above will sync each individual Office 365 Mail folder with a corresponding Gmail label. For example, the Office 365 Mail folder “folderx” will be synced with Gmail label “labelx,” and so on. The other approach is to sync all your Office 365 Mail folders with a dedicated Gmail label. Feb 1, 2018 - You can use Outlook to move emails from your Office 365 account to an alternative email provider (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) In order to.
I just tried to 'Sign out' of an ID on my Office 2013 local install. The stupid thing asked me if I wanted to remove the account. WTF?!? I just want to sign out of the account, who said anything about removing the account and all associated customizations! That does strike me as a 'bug'. It is suggesting something totally different than what the button implied I wanted to do.Beyond the simple subscription validation, Office 365 and 2013 are written to default to skydrive. That can be changed to default to local drive. Here are some tips that may achieve some or all of what you want.
Default to local drive vs Skydrive for Home / Individual Users
http://www.guidingtech.com/14146/disable-save-to-skydrive-office-2013/
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officesetupdeploy/thread/0e840d9d-c8c0-4e0b-8620-7e9adc3b4d8d - this article describes another registry hack, but it appears to break sharepoint access
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Options #3 & #4 in this link may do what you are looking for,
5 Tips to Customize “File Save” / “File Open” Page in Microsoft Office 2013 Applications
5 Tips to Customize “File Save” / “File Open” Page in Microsoft Office 2013 Applications
http://www.askvg.com/5-tips-to-customize-file-save-page-in-microsoft-office-applications/
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-things-that-are-missing-from-excel-2013/3768
When you launch earlier versions of Excel, it displays a blank workbook. Excel 2013 displays the start screen instead. You can disable this new default, as follows:
- Click the File tab and choose Options.
- Choose General in the left pane.
- In the Start Up Options section, uncheck the Show The Start Screen When This application Starts option.
- Click OK.
The next time you launch Excel 2013, it will bypass the start screen and open a blank workbook.
File Open
In older versions, you can display the File Open dialog by clicking the File tab and choosing Open or choosing Open from the QAT. Both routes in Excel 2013 display the Backstage View, which some users will appreciate. But users wanting to open files quickly will be annoyed. You can bypass the Backstage View as follows:
- Click the File tab and then choose Options.
- Choose Save in the left pane.
- Check the Don’t Show The Backstage When Opening Or Saving Files option.
- Click OK.
Remove SkyDrive Option from File Open and Save Pages
If you don't want to disable new file open and save pages but want to remove SkyDrive option from these pages, you can do this by disabling 'Show additional places for saving, even if sign-in may be required' option (2013 File menu > Options command > Save option > Save Documents section). It'll remove SkyDrive option from file open and save pages.
You can also set your local computer as default file save location by enabling 'Save to Computer by default' option.
http://www.uab.edu/it/home/component/k2/item/337-office-2013-recommendations
http://www.e-bangalore.com/how-to-disable-all-office-2013-cloud-features/
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officesetupdeploy/thread/0e840d9d-c8c0-4e0b-8620-7e9adc3b4d8d
- this article describes another registry hack, but it appears to break sharepoint access ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice15.0CommonInternetUseOnlineContent
Block SkyDrive on Windows 8 Using Group Policy and AppLocker
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/21544-block-skydrive-on-windows-8-using-group-policy-and-applocker