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Office 365 free for student worldwide + 1TB OneDrive

Found 24th Feb 2015

To check eligibility, all students need is a valid email address from a participating school to complete the sign-up process. Afterwards, in addition to gaining access to the Office suite of products, students will also score 1TB of OneDrive storage and access to Office Online from a browser.

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24th Feb 2015

US only? does not work with my .ac.uk e-mail.

24th Feb 2015

^ No, it worked with my ac.uk email. I think you have to be from a "participating school" though.

Edited by: "ukmellymel" 24th Feb 2015

24th Feb 2015

Yeah, to get this, your uni/college has to have signed up to Microsoft's site-wide licencing scheme. A good deal if they have, though.

Edited by: "grayn" 24th Feb 2015

24th Feb 2015

My university (South Wales) currently saying to try back in a couple of days time...
I'm not optimistic we'll be included, but great deal for anybody who is eligible!

24th Feb 2015

Seems the OU is not registered.

24th Feb 2015

I just had a look, my details seem to have gone through, but I just paid £40 for the complete Office 365 University Edition! Doh! Well at least it is valid for four years! Maybe I can download this one to someone else's PC? For those who have registered, what is the license length on this?

Edited by: "fiftyg" 24th Feb 2015

24th Feb 2015

Same as poster above i shelled out for the Office 365 University Edition... But this will come in handy somewhere. Is the licence a year?

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24th Feb 2015

rnscotch
Same as poster above i shelled out for the Office 365 University … Same as poster above i shelled out for the Office 365 University Edition... But this will come in handy somewhere. Is the licence a year?

I think it is 4 years for 5 PCs?

24th Feb 2015

Big up Aston University for this free software!

24th Feb 2015

Is there a time limit on using this. I'm in my last year if uni so I don't know how long I will be able to use it.

24th Feb 2015

AjmalM95
Big up Aston University for this free software!

Every little helps ..... lool. :-)

24th Feb 2015

iqy92
Is there a time limit on using this. I'm in my last year if uni so I … Is there a time limit on using this. I'm in my last year if uni so I don't know how long I will be able to use it.

FOREVER! .. I think .....

24th Feb 2015

Fantastic!! Working for me

24th Feb 2015

Awesome deal - went in and my id is still valid :-D Wonder how long it will take to create an offline backup of all my photos and videos (around 400Gb)

24th Feb 2015

Great thanks!

24th Feb 2015

not interested in office but - do you get the 1tb cloud storage forever?

24th Feb 2015

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shehedz
Awesome deal - went in and my id is still valid :-D Wonder how long it … Awesome deal - went in and my id is still valid :-D Wonder how long it will take to create an offline backup of all my photos and videos (around 400Gb)

Just been doing this! I tried using the website for uploading but it takes forever. On window 8.1/8 you should have the OneDrive app already on your computer and using the app is wayyyyy faster!

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24th Feb 2015

Shazzz
CommentJust been doing this! I tried using the website for uploading but … CommentJust been doing this! I tried using the website for uploading but it takes forever. On window 8.1/8 you should have the OneDrive app already on your computer and using the app is wayyyyy faster!

Of course, never use web upload.

24th Feb 2015

I'm a network manager in a school. We buy into Microsoft EES licensing program for the whole school. We have a .sch.uk email domain! Does this mean were eligible?

24th Feb 2015

bilboalex1
I'm a network manager in a school. We buy into Microsoft EES licensing … I'm a network manager in a school. We buy into Microsoft EES licensing program for the whole school. We have a .sch.uk email domain! Does this mean were eligible?

ha ha u are the what manager n u want to ask others with I give up

24th Feb 2015

didn't work with keele

24th Feb 2015

muddassarsardar
ha ha u are the what manager n u want to ask others with I give up

ignorant/ arrogant twit, valid question to ask, not like he or she came out of their mother's womb with the knowledge

24th Feb 2015

sy8111
Of course, never use web upload.

Thanks dude was planning to use the app.

24th Feb 2015

Does anyone know of this can be installed on multiple PCs?

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24th Feb 2015

anselmofa
Does anyone know of this can be installed on multiple PCs?

according to description of Office Univ edition:

Get the full, installed Office experience on up to 2 PCs, Macs, or tablets (including iPad® and Android™ tablet) and 2 phones

24th Feb 2015

anselmofa
Does anyone know of this can be installed on multiple PCs?

I got an email from my kids school saying that they were able to each install on up to 5 devices. So we've got 10 available! Installed with no problem on 3 already.

25th Feb 2015

Open University not eligible unfortunately.

25th Feb 2015

muddassarsardar
ha ha u are the what manager n u want to ask others with I give up

At least it seems he actually went to school and learnt how to write properly.

25th Feb 2015

timenet
US only? does not work with my .ac.uk e-mail.

It didn't accept my Teesside Uni address (@tees.ac.uk) but it did accept (@live.tees.ac.uk)

25th Feb 2015

muddassarsardar
ha ha u are the what manager n u want to ask others with I give up

http://www.vappingo.com/word-blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/poor-translation-2.jpg

Banned

25th Feb 2015

got this for 59.99 for 4 years on 2 laptops too

26th Feb 2015

crazymonkey
ignorant/ arrogant twit, valid question to ask, not like he or she came … ignorant/ arrogant twit, valid question to ask, not like he or she came out of their mother's womb with the knowledge

ok i apologise but come on if you are a network manager at a school who has bought or is responsible for buying the microsoft license which must have cost quite a bit i would expect them to at least know what they have purchased its not like he said he is just a worker there.He/she said they are a manager there they should know what is being being bought or do you expect them to just purchase any random license for the school pcs.

26th Feb 2015

muddassarsardar
ok i apologise but come on if you are a network manager at a school who … ok i apologise but come on if you are a network manager at a school who has bought or is responsible for buying the microsoft license which must have cost quite a bit i would expect them to at least know what they have purchased its not like he said he is just a worker there.He/she said they are a manager there they should know what is being being bought or do you expect them to just purchase any random license for the school pcs.

Public funds are usually spent on random neccessaties

26th Feb 2015

muddassarsardar
ok i apologise but come on if you are a network manager at a school who … ok i apologise but come on if you are a network manager at a school who has bought or is responsible for buying the microsoft license which must have cost quite a bit i would expect them to at least know what they have purchased its not like he said he is just a worker there.He/she said they are a manager there they should know what is being being bought or do you expect them to just purchase any random license for the school pcs.

you are doing it again

26th Feb 2015

Muddassarsardar, so just because he is a network manager, you expect him to immediately know all the answers to everything about IT? If you had bothered to do the slightest bit of research before assuming everyone is a know it all you would know that training for IT personnel in schools nationwide is very limited indeed. So please don't chat crap when you don't know what the situation is.

As to your question bilboalex1, I too am a Network Manager at a school and I have done extensive investigation on this "deal". So long as you have a valid OES-ES (Formally EES) agreement, you are eligible for free Office 365 for your staff and students. However, currently, the only way to give this to staff & students is if you have an Office 365 for Education tenancy at your school. If you don't, there is nothing really stopping you from signing the school up at it is completely free for schools. You don't need to replace your current email server, but it comes with free Exchange Online built in which will ease the burden in your IT Support if you have your own Exchange server. Anyway, that's one for the future, but back to the matter at hand, all you need to do is sign up and register your domain for Office 365 for Education. Once you've done this, your users will be able to log in and download Office 365 for themselves. The copy of Office is valid for the duration a student is at the school and for the duration the staff member is an employee. Hope that helps!