Qualifying US adults can sign up for the ProPlus offer in October with the rest of the world coming ‘later this year’.
Office 365 ProPlus is basically the same ‘5 installs, plus mobile’ as the students get. From 1 December 2014, schools with an Office volume licence for all staff/faculty will be able to include an Office 365 ProPlus pack too. The faculty and staff also get an upgrade. Great … like schools didn’t have enough administration hassles already.Īll that’s gone with US students dealing directly with Microsoft for the validation and account creation.
They had to start the service, make an account and order a separate Office 365 account for each student. Schools were (and still are outside the USA) responsible for the distribution of the free Office licences. It was very clumsy and expensive for schools. What’s new today is the way this administration and deployment is handled. But a few more Office activations can always come in handy. Of course, some kids may already have these features through their parents Office 365 Home Premium subscription. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access and Publisher.The free offer is basically the same as an Office 365 Home Premium costing $99 a year. If the school is prepared to deal with the admin hassles (see below), their students can get the Office suite now. However the old version of the Student Advantage program continues to be available outside the USA. Microsoft is promising that it’ll be extended around the world ‘later this year’. This streamlined offer is limited to US schools only, at the moment. A little patience and everyone will be activated.) US only but an option globally (Since the announcement a few hours ago, there have been overload problems on the Microsoft servers.
If the email address is accepted you’ll be taken through the installation and activation process. the student’s ‘in school’ email address with the school domain name). If that’s the case then go to, click on the ‘Find out if you’re eligible’ link and enter a school supplied email address (i.e. The student (13 years and older) has to be enrolled at a school which has MS Office licenced for all faculty and staff via Microsoft Volume Licencing. Microsoft has made it easier for students to get a free copy of the Microsoft Office suite with a major streamlining of their existing Student Advantage program.