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Microsoft Office 365 Subscription Free for Schools, Unis, Teachers and Students

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Bellpop on 24/02/2015 - 18:09 products.office.com (17608 clicks)
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Microsoft Office for students and staff has always been discounted and occasionally free, however it's usually a bit of a hassle. Office 365 is now available for students and teachers directly from the Microsoft website.

From what I can see the free subscription allows MS Office to be installed on 5 devices, which is pretty generous.

I tested my School email address (I'm a teacher), my uni email address and my daughter's school email address and they all worked.

I can confirm this is working for a large number of Australian education providers including schools, TAFE’s and Universities.

An Office 365 subscription includes the Office 2013 apps for PC and Mac (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access and Publisher) as well as 1 TB of OneDrive Storage and access to Office Web Apps.

Enjoy :)

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  • happychappy1 on 24/02/2015 - 18:13
    +1

    Do you get free Skype minutes as well?

    • abacus on 24/02/2015 - 19:49
      +5

      And some steak knives.

    • IVI on 24/02/2015 - 22:41
      +1

      'dunno. But I want yo know if they include a guarantee to give you a license extension EVERY year…

      They seem to want to tie everyone ti a free fitst-year-only Software Rental like trap. How to go BACK to Good-Forever licensing (ss long as hardware & op sys remain compatible.

  • maogua on 24/02/2015 - 18:15

    Does it expire in a year or two or I can use it forever once I install?

    • Kozhutki on 24/02/2015 - 18:17
      +5

      "If you are eligible, you can use the plan until you graduate or are no longer enrolled at a qualified school. Student eligibility may be re-verified at any time. At expiration, the Office applications enter a reduced-functionality mode, which means documents can be viewed but it isn’t possible to edit or create new documents. In addition, online services associated with the school email address, for example Office Online and OneDrive, will no longer work."

      • Windows7forever on 24/02/2015 - 19:55
        +10

        I think I might stick with MS2010.

        • Kozhutki on 24/02/2015 - 20:08
          +4

          I just use Google Docs. It's great for tasks that aren't convoluted.

        • Maxamillion21 on 24/02/2015 - 20:12
          +4

          @kaneissik:
          Or for people who don't want to own their documents and prefer giving them to the world's largest advertising company.

        • Kozhutki on 24/02/2015 - 20:22
          +2

          @Maxamillion21: Fine by me, I use it for simple tasks. If I want security then I use a local equivalent.

        • whats up skip on 24/02/2015 - 22:06

          @Maxamillion21:

          Copyright remains with the creater, that is the end user.

          Don't like the ads, then pay for a subscription.

        • momov3 on 26/02/2015 - 00:09

          You're lucky you already have MS Office 2010. We needed it for an existing XP PC,which cannot use 2013, and of course not selling anywhere since its been superceded, so had to buy it off Ebay. $200 sounded like reasonable price for what was assumed to be genuine.When it arrived postmarked 'China', we realised it was a you know what.

        • Wally on 03/03/2015 - 15:08

          @momov3:
          Did you report it to Microsoft - they'd want to know about the details of Pirates and who knows may just reward you with a license for the trouble -my2c-

        • Utopian on 05/03/2015 - 13:41

          @momov3: $200?!
          I've got a draw full of them, from machines we've since upgraded. Hell, I would've given you one.

          Never would've thought there was money in it. Spending $200 on an old sh.tbox sounds a little fruity, to put it politely.

  • sween64 on 24/02/2015 - 18:24

    Can you sign up with your university email but add the 1TB OneDrive storage to another pre-existing, personal account?

    • ilikeit on 24/02/2015 - 18:37
      +3

      Unlikely. "Who manages the OneDrive account provided with this offer?
      This account is associated with the school and should be used for school-appropriate content, such as homework and schoolwork. Permissions and access can be changed by the school’s IT administrator at any time."

  • Lycan on 24/02/2015 - 18:24
    +42

    But next year has 366 days… What's going to happen to Microsoft Office 365 on Feb 29th??

    • Capone on 24/02/2015 - 19:00
      +12

      Y2K

    • Kozhutki on 24/02/2015 - 20:35
      +1

      The world as we know it will implode.

  • [Deactivated] on 24/02/2015 - 18:33
    +1

    This doesn't work for QUT.

    • ExPrinceHairy on 24/02/2015 - 18:34
      +2

      Also doesn't work for UQ (University of Queensland).

      • ltwinter on 24/02/2015 - 19:06

        Didn't qlands university's have this offer a few weeks back

      • iSamurai on 24/02/2015 - 19:44
        +3

        Because we get to keep our email address for life. @uq.edu.au works though, if you're a staff or student with a staff account.

        • cool kid on 24/02/2015 - 20:00

          hey so what can we do as UQ students? is there no other option :(

        • iSamurai on 24/02/2015 - 20:03

          @cool kid: Nothing I'm afraid. I think the university would have to pay for it (bulk licences) and I don't know if they have plans to do it.

        • cool kid on 24/02/2015 - 21:00

          @iSamurai:

          Aw ok, thanks for the info. Yea UQ is a money hungry SOB….its hilarious how much they worship profit and they try hard not to show it…

        • rakerr on 24/02/2015 - 21:17

          UQ could provision licences themselves if they already are office 365 users but they could of been doing that for 12months+ microsoft were disappointed with institutions take up of the free offer so they rolled it out as self service which is what this thread is about.

        • BamBam cheapsk8 on 02/03/2015 - 22:54

          yep works for UQ. I got office on my work laptop anyway.

    • excite on 24/02/2015 - 18:35
      -1

      not for Monash either

    • iridiumstem on 24/02/2015 - 18:40
      +1

      I am not sure it's just my school, but my school has two id system (it might be from the fact that I left for 2 years or something to do with Office 365). The old ID system we used still work, I can send my emails to it, but it gets rejected by the eligibility test whereas the new one doesn't. So I think it might be worth the trouble to talk to the IT people of your uni.

      • Gladioli on 25/02/2015 - 15:30

        Looks like this might be working for me with my student number email address from UQ instead of using my name email address. Great find!

        • svict4 on 29/04/2015 - 18:29

          as in this format? 4*******@uq.edu.au? because that ain't working for me :(

    • UncommonName on 24/02/2015 - 18:49
      +1

      Works for UNSW.

    • [Deactivated] on 24/02/2015 - 19:12

      Found this on the QUT IT website:

      "You may hear that Microsoft is making Office 365 products available for you to download using your QUT email address.
      QUT has not yet enabled this feature. We are assessing how we can best support your use of this software and will update you when new Office 365 features are available."

    • quadcaster on 24/02/2015 - 19:30

      Also tried from QUT. Fail.

    • kytosol on 24/02/2015 - 22:42

      Here is the QUT page mentioning office365. http://www.itservices.qut.edu.au/student/email/about.jsp
      Unfortunately the only apps QUT has enabled is calendar and email, however I'm fairly sure they will be opening the other apps up soon to students and staff since its free.

    • Lysander on 25/02/2015 - 16:36

      No surprise there. Nothing ever works with QUT stuff. I know from experience.
      They will sell a subscription to you for $99 for four years if I remember correctly though.

      • BigBuddha on 27/02/2015 - 11:32

        Probably because no one bothers to read or search for IT related emails/announcements at QUT:

        You may hear that Microsoft is making its Office 365 products available for students and staff to download Office 2013 Pro Plus, Office 2011 for Mac and Office for iPad on your devices using your student or staff email address.

        The ability to make this software available to students and staff is made by each individual university and depends on a number of factors. QUT has not yet enabled this feature and is currently assessing the support required so that you can make best use of this software. We will let you know when new Office 365 features are available.

  • Tasmaniac on 24/02/2015 - 18:41
    +2

    Sorry…

    We can't finish signing you up.

    Your IT department has turned off signup for Office 365 Education. Contact them to complete signup.

    Doesn't work for Utas either!, why would they block access to products that help their students?

    • rith on 24/02/2015 - 18:42
      +1

      Same thing for ECU. I'm not studying there anymore but I wonder if it's worth actually contacting IT to make this available.

    • newox on 24/02/2015 - 18:49
      +1

      see if you have another uni email acc. my normal didn't work but the second one did

    • unity1 on 24/02/2015 - 19:20

      I received the following message:

      Your IT department has turned off signup for Office 365 Education, but it looks like you already have access to some of the apps that come with Office 365 Education.
      We'll send you to the page where you can access them now.

      What does that mean?

    • NeoM on 24/02/2015 - 20:01
      +2

      It basically means that UTAS didn't pay the money to get the higher subscription tier (i.e. It costs more per user to allow access to the suite of Office programs.)

      You can see the comparison of business subscription models here:
      https://products.office.com/en-au/business/compare-more-offi…

      I would make a guess and say that UTAS went with the Office 365 Enterprise E1 subscription model, which doesn't allow offline Office programs.

      The OP should mention that not all 365 users will be eligible for the offer for this reason.

      EDIT: They may actually be using the free education version of 365, not sure if they qualify - https://products.office.com/en-au/academic/compare-office-36…

      • unity1 on 24/02/2015 - 20:17

        Thanks, only offerings are Word Online, Excel Online, PowerPoint Online and OneNote Online. Nothing available to download on another device.

      • Clear on 25/02/2015 - 15:08
        +2

        No surprises there. UTAS wouldn't be able to afford it, because all their money is going into the chancellor's paycheck that's bigger than the PM's. At least we have Lync though.

  • sev snape on 24/02/2015 - 18:45

    Niiiice!

    Works for RMIT

    • McFly on 24/02/2015 - 23:39

      Wow - was expecting it not to given it never has in the past.

  • Owl on 24/02/2015 - 18:46
    -8

    While it is handy to know (and obviously good value) I'm not sure this is a 'deal' per se since for those institutions that have it available, it seems to be permanent. Happy to be corrected though.

    • Bellpop on 24/02/2015 - 18:49
      +4

      Sorry for wasting your time

  • nahi11 on 24/02/2015 - 18:47

    It's been 'setting up' for the last 20 mins or so…

    • ryang on 24/02/2015 - 19:32

      Welcome to the world of Office 365 - where if a service isn't working, just try again later..

      FYI: This is legitimately the #1 response from tech support whenever you have any issues. And it fixes it. Sometimes..

      • nahi11 on 24/02/2015 - 21:56

        Annnnnnnnnnd….. you're right!

        It works now lol….

      • Wimma on 25/02/2015 - 14:12

        Number 1 is actually "have you tried turning it on and off again?"

  • jubified on 24/02/2015 - 18:49
    +1

    Works for usyd. Thanks

  • paul_5666 on 24/02/2015 - 18:49

    Seems to work for UNSW (zmail login)

    • paul_5666 on 24/02/2015 - 18:59

      Actually not sure if you can download the office suite… seems turned off by uni. Usyd works however.

  • NeggerOfDeals on 24/02/2015 - 18:50
    +2

    You have my utmost appreciation for this post. I am recently a university student and forgot that I could get Office for free. Thank you!

    :EDIT: I am with James Cook University in Cairns.

    • Bellpop on 24/02/2015 - 19:18
      +2

      no worries :)

  • newox on 24/02/2015 - 18:51

    works for unimelb

    • rockstar13 on 25/02/2015 - 00:53
      -1

      How come I am not able to use the [email protected] address?

      • downhillmtbr on 25/02/2015 - 13:12

        Same here, not sure why it's not working. I'm getting the your IT department has not enabled it yet message.

      • newox on 25/02/2015 - 21:31

        needs to be a specific email address. i have two probably because somebody else has a similar one. the first one didn't work and came up with the message that the IT department didn't enable it yet. second time worked. you might have two emails, so try both

      • [Deactivated] on 26/02/2015 - 13:20
        +2

        When you log in to the uni gmail account, click on your email address on the top right hand corner and then click on account in the popup. Under the Email heading, you will see all your alternate email addresses. Just try each one when logging into Office 365 and hopefully one of them will work.

  • JuryWheel on 24/02/2015 - 18:51
    +1

    Anyone know if this works for USQ?

    • Zaphod119 on 24/02/2015 - 19:59

      Yep - instructions are going out during O week

      • AlmightyGaz on 24/02/2015 - 20:13

        What do USQ Student's need to do?

  • iridiumstem on 24/02/2015 - 18:51
    +1

    For all the ANUS out there, you can access this from the settings of the email account.

    • silverrat23 on 24/02/2015 - 19:24
      +17

      Come again?

      • iridiumstem on 24/02/2015 - 19:42
        +5

        Australian National University Students, or Staffs. What? I am a proud ANUS.

        • Tasmaniac on 24/02/2015 - 19:47

          I heard ANUS are the best proctologists in the nation!

        • iridiumstem on 24/02/2015 - 19:50

          @Tasmaniac: You should come to our gym. They offer best equipment for those ANUS requiring exercise.

        • Tasmaniac on 24/02/2015 - 19:51

          @AznMitch:

        • Utopian on 24/02/2015 - 20:28
          +1

          @Tasmaniac: Bit of a stretch. You really pushed to get that in.

        • IVI on 24/02/2015 - 22:51
          -2

          I begin to get how AU can actually BAN use of Nuclear Energy, in AU.

          (See: Section 140A of Environment & Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999" eg, over at AustLii.edu.au)

          End the BAN!

          IVI on 24/02/2015 - 22:51 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
        • AlexD on 20/03/2015 - 09:31
          +1

          Back in first year, I was in Fenner School (not hall), and, as you do, got a hoodie for "ANU School of Environmental Studies".

          Took me a surprisingly long time to realise my hoodie said ANUSES.

    • McFly on 24/02/2015 - 23:44
      +1

      Do you ANUS get any hardware discounts at all eg. Ainol tablets?

      • iridiumstem on 25/02/2015 - 00:00

        I wish did for us tight ANUS, sometimes it's hard to squeze money out…

        • Utopian on 05/03/2015 - 13:43

          How it got in there, is more of a concern!

        • iridiumstem on 05/03/2015 - 13:46

          @Utopian: I know, I know. Abbott screwed ANUS real good :( I wish they do "Protect our ANUS against Abbott" campaign or something :(

  • Shaunzeh on 24/02/2015 - 18:54
    +1

    works for griffith

    • cuteduck on 24/02/2015 - 23:45

      @griffith.edu.au

  • simiot on 24/02/2015 - 18:59
    -1

    Didn't work for me…

  • ts13 on 24/02/2015 - 19:19

    finally free office for UWA!

  • samfisher5986 on 24/02/2015 - 19:24
    +1

    At least in Queensland you can only access this if your school has moved to Office 365. All schools will move eventually, but for now its only schools that have opted in for the early transfer.

    • fatty on 25/02/2015 - 09:09

      Education Queensland has Office Pro Plus available via that link for all students, regardless if the school has migrated to Office 365. It is the Microsoft Student Advantage Program. 5 devices can have it installed under the subscription.

  • scampy on 24/02/2015 - 19:39

    Works for UNE

  • fickre on 24/02/2015 - 19:42
    +1

    It works for ACU, Australian Catholic University. The format is SXXXXX(your Student ID)@myacu.edu.au
    Hope it helps others.

    • geordie on 24/02/2015 - 21:01
      +1

      thanks fickre

  • XCelR8 on 24/02/2015 - 19:47

    Can anyone tell me the difference between Office 2010 and this? I bought Office 2010 for $110 on special, but wondering if it is worth upgrading if its free.

    Any ideas?

    • ryang on 24/02/2015 - 19:50

      Free as long as you are a student, or staff member. Most of the time.

      Office 2010 (and Office 2013) is free for life.

      • XCelR8 on 24/02/2015 - 19:58
        +1

        SO the features are exactly the same?

        • NeoM on 24/02/2015 - 20:14

          No, whilst you are at uni you will always be updated with the most recent version of Office 365 (which is currently Office 2013, soon to be 2015).

          Once you leave uni, your Office install will become invalid and you must buy or subscribe to keep using Office on your devices.

        • Maxamillion21 on 24/02/2015 - 20:18
          +1

          No, not exactly the same. See for some differences: http://blogs.gartner.com/guy-creese/2012/07/17/office-2013-v…

          Also with PowerPoint 2013 you can make snazzy presentations hosted online with Office Mix: https://mix.office.com

        • ryang on 24/02/2015 - 20:44

          @NeoM: "… you will always be updated with the most recent version of Office 365 (which is currently Office 2013, soon to be 2015)."

          Not sure if this is a pro or a con. ;)

          Then again, it'd be pretty hard for them to make anything worse than Office 2013.. Outlook 2013, in particular, was a massive step backwards!

        • eug on 25/02/2015 - 12:57

          @ryang:

          Outlook 2013, in particular, was a massive step backwards!

          In what way? I'm happily using it now.

        • ryang on 25/02/2015 - 13:21

          @eug: My main beef with it is the searching. Outlook 2010 had it perfected, but for some reason an identical setup in 2013 is just terrible. Searches fail all the time, errors all over the place.

          I've also got clients who have Outlook 2013 crash on start-up every other day. Force quit brings it back most of the time. Very frustrating!

        • eug on 25/02/2015 - 13:27

          @ryang: Oh hmm, I wonder what happened. I've moved the whole office to 2013 and no one has had any problems with Outlook. No crashes or search problems. Maybe some other software is interfering?

        • ryang on 25/02/2015 - 13:37

          @eug: Nah, nothing common between them except Exchange. Seems to just randomly rear it's ugly head.

  • [Deactivated] on 24/02/2015 - 20:07
    +1

    Works for RMIT, downloading… Thanks Bellpop

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