Office 365 Education plans
- Sign up for a free trial. Explore the features and benefits of Office 365 for up to 50 users.
- Verify eligibility. At any time during the trial you can have Microsoft verify your domain’s eligibility for academic prices.
- Start using the service. Deploy the free service (Office 365 for education Plan A2) to your entire institution or purchase other services.
To qualify for Office 365 for education you must be an accredited educational institution. You will be required to sign a contract and attest that you are an eligible customer. Microsoft reserves the right to verify eligibility at any time and suspend the service for ineligible customers.
Office 365 Education A2
Hosted email:
Get business-class email,1 shared calendars, 50 GB of storage space per user, and the ability to use your own domain name.
Hosted email:
Get business-class email,1 shared calendars, 50 GB of storage space per user, and the ability to use your own domain name.
Simple file sharing:
One Drive for Business gives each user 1 TB of personal storage they can access from anywhere and that syncs 2 with their PC. Easily share files internally and externally and control who sees and edits them.
Intranet sites for your teams:
SharePoint sites provide work spaces with customizable security settings for individual teams within the institution.
Active Directory integration:
Manage user credentials and permissions. Single sign-on and synchronization with Active Directory.
Spam and malware protection:
Premium anti-malware protection and anti-spam filtering.
Community and phone support:
IT-level web support and 24/7 phone support for critical issues.
Office Online:
Create and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and One Note files via a web browser.
Yammer Enterprise:
Enterprise social networking that makes it easy to share ideas and that comes with advanced support, security, administration, and integrations.
Plans that do not include the desktop version of Office work with the latest version of Office, Office 2010, Office 2007 (with slightly limited functionality), Office 2011 for Mac, and Office 2008 for Mac.