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Office 365 A1 free for students and educators

Students and educators with an eligible education email address can get Office 365 A1, which includes the web versions of core Office apps, at no cost.

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About this offer

Office 365 A1 is Microsoft's donated education plan. It includes the web-based versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, plus PC-only versions of Publisher and Access. Microsoft donates it to eligible institutions and lets students and educators with an eligible education email address sign up for free.

The plan can be used while the person works at or is enrolled in a qualified educational institution, and eligibility may be re-verified at any time. If it expires, apps drop to a view-only reduced-functionality mode and institution-linked online services stop working until status is re-verified or the user moves to a personal plan.

Who's eligible

  • Students and educators with an eligible education email address
  • Must be working at or enrolled in a qualified educational organization

How to redeem

  1. 1Open the Office 365 Education page and choose Get started for students (or for institutions)
  2. 2Sign up with an eligible education email address

Terms and restrictions

  • Usable as long as you work at or are enrolled in a qualified educational organization
  • Eligibility may be re-verified at any time
  • On expiry, apps become view-only and institution email-linked online services stop working
  • Some plans show as not available in certain markets

Terms are summarised from the provider's page and may change. The provider's terms always take precedence.

About Office 365

Office 365 is Microsoft's suite of productivity apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote, with cloud services for storage and collaboration.

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