Office 365 Education – free to eligible students and teachers

Office 365 Education is now available free to students and teachers at schools that have licensed Office institution-wide for their faculty and staff.

The plan allows the installation of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Access on up to 5 PCs or Macs, and the Office apps on other mobile devices.

It also includes 1TB of OneDrive storage and rights to Office Online.

See the Microsoft announcement confirming availability from 23 Feb 2015 here: http://bit.ly/1wQvxmg, and details on eligibility here: http://bit.ly/1M4JLJ5.

March 2014 Enrolment for Education Solutions Resources

Do you need resources on the Enrolment for Education Solutions? Use this link to find an overview, an FAQ document and the Licensing Guide. All dated March 2014: http://bit.ly/1knXzh9.

Program Guides for the Education VL Programs

If you need Program Guides for the Education Volume Licensing programs then they’re all in one place here: http://bit.ly/1l8VWYA.

The Enrolment for Education Solutions guide is the most recent one, having been updated in March 2014.

A guide to maximizing Student Advantage for Office 365 ProPlus

A useful guide for education customers who want to get to grips with the Student Advantage option (that’s free Office 365 ProPlus for students when 100% of Faculty/Staff are licensed for Office). It goes through ordering, activation, deployment and provisioning: http://bit.ly/1hiNWB4

Yammer Enterprise added to all Office 365 Education Plans

Microsoft announce that Yammer Enterprise will be added to all Office 365 Education Plans from 1 April 2014. The blog post also details how customers will get Yammer Enterprise once it’s available: http://bit.ly/1l9j0YY

Announcement of Student Advantage

Microsoft announce a program where Office 365 ProPlus is free for students. It’s called Student Advantage and from 1st December 2013 “any academic institution that licenses Office for staff and faculty can provide Office 365 ProPlus for students at no additional cost.” More details are to be released over the coming weeks. Read the original announcement here: http://bit.ly/196fPJG.