Student Advantage Offer: free Office for Students

Microsoft launched its offer Student Advantage allowing institutions that have already equipped their teachers to make their students also benefit a free pack Office 365.

Microsoft announced on its blog last October, on the occasion of Educause, one of the largest conferences in the United States devoted to education, its new offering "Student Advantage" for pupils and students wishing to use Microsoft Office. Indeed, since December 1, each facility purchased this pack for its own employees, including its teachers, will benefit the Office 365 ProPlus students, free of charge, which includes access to Word, Excel , PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath and Lync. This package can then be installed on 5 different machines, Mac or PC, as well as on their smartphone (Windows Phone, Android or iPhone) or upon request.

  
The offer applies to all establishments and local authorities with a contract volume licensing annualized Education, to cover 100% of their staff with Office Professional Plus 2013 or Office 365 ProPlus. Schools must register for this service and create an account for each user.