Office 365 for education
If you would like to see how Microsoft Office 365 will deliver the power of cloud
productivity to educational institutions of all sizes, then we encourage you to
participate in the Office 365 Plan E trial for midsize businesses and enterprises.
Since there is no specific Office 365 for education trial, the Plan E3 30-day trial
experience is similar to Office 365 for education.
Is this the right option for your institution?
Plan E3 trial experience for education customers is only for evaluation purposes.
This trial does not convert to a production version of Office 365 for education.
For more information, contact your Microsoft account representative or partner.
Office 365 Benefits
Microsoft Office 365 for education will deliver the power of cloud productivity
to educational institutions, helping to save time and money while increasing student
and faculty productivity. Office 365 for education will combine the familiar Office
desktop suite with online versions of Microsoft's next-generation communications
and collaboration services. Office 365 for education will be simple to use and easy
to administer all backed by the robust security and guaranteed reliability you expect
from a world-class service provider.
Learning from virtually anywhere
Office 365 provides users with the ability to work online or offline via Office
desktop applications on PCs and Macs. When you’re not on campus, you can access
your inbox with Outlook Web App, view and edit assignments with Office Web Apps
(available with some plans), or join an online classroom with the Lync Web App.
And you’re never out of touch with other students or educators as you can
access resources from many devices.
Minimal learning curve
Educators and students can be productive right away as they work with the familiar
Office tools they already count on. The features of Office that integrate with Office
365 "just work" without complicated setup or configuration.
Financially-backed 99.9% uptime guarantee
Your email, documents and services are available when you need them. Office 365
services are delivered from globally-redundant data centers protected by multiple
layers of security and a strict privacy policy. Further protections such as high
availability are ensured through redundancy and replication.
Keeps IT in control
Reduce the time and effort you spend managing email and collaboration servers through
the Office 365 admin UI. Role-based access controls allow IT to delegate authority
for specific administrative tasks to others. The Office 365 service health portal
and RSS feeds provide up-to-date service availability information.
24/7 support
Microsoft is proud to provide 24/7 global support for some Office 365 plans. Service
administrators can create support.Microsoft is proud to provide 24/7 global support
for some Office 365 plans. Service administrators can create support requests anytime
or call any one of the support centers around the globe. Local phone numbers are
provided in many countries and phone support is offered in many languages.