Great for academic institutions that are ready to take advantage of the cloud. Office 365 offers free email, instant messaging, group video and voice chat, and online document viewing and editing.
Work better together
Students and educators can work in real time on assignments and group projects. Easily share information, view and edit documents in a browser or in Office. Watch the video
Secure, private, and availiable 24/7
Office 365 includes extensive privacy features and does not scan your email or documents for advertising purposes. With continuous data back-ups, robust disaster recovery capabilities and globally-redundant data centers you get peace of mind that your data and services are always available with the same 99.9% uptime guarantee as Office 365 for enterprises.
Easy-to-use management tools
Microsoft takes care of patching, upgrading, and updating. Office 365 supports on-premises, online, and hybrid deployment options. We’re available 24 x 7 to provide customer IT phone support.
Features
All education plans (A Plans) include:
Emails and calendars – Cloud-based email and calendars powered by Microsoft Exchange Online using your domain name. 25 GB storage per user
Web conferencing – Rich online meetings with audio and video, desktop sharing, and virtual whiteboard. Excellent for distance learning
Office Web Apps – Create and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote documents using your favorite web browser
Public Website – Design and maintain a simple, public-facing website with no additional hosting fees. Use your own domain
Team sites – Share files and documents with classmates. Create team, study group or club sites. Up to 300 sub sites
Active Directory Integration – Manage user credentials and permissions
Reliability – 99.9% uptime guarantee
Security – Your data is yours. We safeguard it and protect your privacy
Protection – Premium antivirus and anti-spam filtering. Configurable anti-spam filtering
Administration – Easy to use and control. You can add and remove users in minutes. Use PowerShell for creating custom scripts and automating processes
Updates – We update the service regularly with new features and capabilities
Support – Live 24 × 7 phone support for advanced IT support issues. Microsoft community support for online answers and how-to resources
Some education plans (A Plans) also include:
Office Professional Plus desktop version – Subscription to desktop version of Office Professional Plus 2010
Advanced voicemail capabilities – Hosted voicemail support with auto attendant capabilities
Advanced email capabilities – Unlimited email storage, archiving, and legal hold to support your compliance needs
Enterprise voicemail – Replace or enhance a PBX with Lync Server on-premises
Office 365 for Education Resources
Office 365 : Tips and Tricks – Download PDF
Teacher Resources : Free tools for teachers
Office 365 : Education Datasheet – Download PDF