How to sign out of SharePoint and Office apps

How to sign out of SharePoint and Office apps

SharePoint and the Office 365 suite of applications offer the convenience of accessing our files from anywhere that has an internet connection.  This convenience comes with a cost, however, one that is especially important for people accessing their files on multi-user computers.  When we sign in to either SharePoint or an Office application, the reason we are asked to provide a username and password is so you are granted access to the files connected with your account.  Some of the files probably have PHI in them.  What this means is that if you use a multi-user PC in one of our residences or day habs, you must sign out of your account or else other people will be able to access your files.  The screens shown below illustrate where you can sign out of SharePoint and the Office applications. 

Here’s where you sign out on SharePoint.

Here is where you would locate the places to sign out in the Office apps, in this case, Word.