Sep 28 2016 12:51 AM - edited Sep 28 2016 01:26 AM
How can an Office 365 administrator activate the 'language and time zone'-option in the user settings?
in this article Change your display language and time zone in Office 365 for Business there is mentioned " If your Office 365 settings don't include an option to change the language, ask your organization's Office 365 administrator for help."
And now, someone got an idea?
Sep 28 2016 11:03 PM
I think it will take over the tenant language and time settings. You can change your language on personal level but need to download Office365 again.
For admin they can use powershell:
Sep 29 2016 02:31 AM - edited Sep 29 2016 02:32 AM
See the Office 365 (Online) Settings Screencaptures from 2 companies
Sep 29 2016 10:44 PM
Have you gone to their account settings the menu you showed is just a quick setting menu if you go to there personal account page all settings should be there.
Dec 27 2016 06:35 AM
Hi!
Did you solve the Problem?
Because i have the same problem, and there are many users can change their language and time zone by themselves but not all.
Regards
Jan 02 2017 02:47 AM
Still having the same problem ....
Jan 02 2017 04:29 AM
i found it finally! 😐
you can write on the All settings search box "langua..." and it'll appeare. i couldn't find it in any other place, but if i choose any of the accounts settings so i can see the full list of Options and i can see it under the General Option
🙂
Jan 02 2017 07:35 AM
I try the search => not available
Maybe the Administrator has blocked this
Jan 03 2017 06:24 AM
I searched from the settings pop up window and it appeared, but you can click Account for example and then it appear all the options and you can find it under the general tab
May 14 2017 10:05 PM
Please confirm if you user account is synced from local AD to O365. If yes, it's an default behaviour. Since language setting should be done in local AD then sync to online. You can refer to : https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_o365admin/office-365-cant-select-languag... and http://www.lieben.nu/liebensraum/2015/03/change-office-365-portal-language-for-synced-users/ . Good luck.
Jan 11 2018 01:59 PM
Hello,
I checked our AD settings and the field is empty. Our users default to en_US and pacific time zone. I need to change that to en_NZ and NZ time zone. Where in O365 can I set the region for the tenant? I've looked everywhere and the internet only give the advice for the individual user settings.
Jan 11 2018 02:01 PM
@Deleted Where are the tenant language and time settings defined? I can't find anything on the web.
Mar 12 2018 01:12 PM
I see one place this is available for me.
Go to Office.com & sign in.
Click on your name in top right and select My Profile.
Look to the middle left. Click on the "Update Profile" button.
Scroll to the bottom of the Contact Information section.
Click on "How can I change language and regional settings?"
Then you'll see: "Click here, click the ellipsis (…), and then choose Language and Region."
As per that hint, click on that "here".
On the "Edit Details" page that comes up, you'll see headings - Basic Information, Contact Information, Details, and ...
Click on the ellipsis (…) to the right of the word Details.
Select Language and Region.
In Region, select "Always use my personal settings"... (If you don't know what you're doing, then caveat emptor.) If you don't do this, you can't select your time zone.
In Time Zone, select "Only Me" on the right and then your time zone.
Click Save & Close at bottom of screen.
Jul 23 2018 07:21 AM
You can also use the following link once logged into your O365 account:
https://outlook.office.com/owa/?path=/options/regional
Jul 24 2018 01:30 PM
Thanks for posting this link. Man is that buried under a lot of menus/sub-menus.
Aug 06 2018 07:36 AM
Jan 31 2019 01:37 PM
Hi guys,
I got another "funny" trick about the language settings specific to OneDrive and Office applications Online (Word, Excel, Powerpoint…) which seems to be independent from the language of Outlook Web App and office portal. We had this issue, were able to change the seetings for the portal and OWA, in hybrid and cloud mode, no problem. BUT, unable to fix this for OneDrive, Word online, Excel online, etc.
After searching for few hours, I got a flash:
Solution:
- Open OneDrive for Business
- Click ont the gear in the upper-right corner (settings menu...)
- Click on "Site setting" (yeah.... like sharepoint...)
- Click on "Language settings" in the "Site Administration" section...
- Select the Alternate Language you want, and click OK.
OneDrive and Office Online applications will now be in your favorite language.
May 08 2019 12:08 PM
Thx Jim, it's not that easy anymore to discover that "here" link @Jim West 🙂
Apr 20 2020 04:20 AM
@Luc Debois You need to have a licence attached to the user to see the FULL language and time zone settings. Eg, an unlicensed global admin will only see Language settings.