{"id":1316,"date":"2020-12-08T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T01:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2020\/12\/08\/office-365-education-is-free-to-eligible-students-and-teachers\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:59:25","slug":"office-365-education-is-free-to-eligible-students-and-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2020\/12\/office-365-education-is-free-to-eligible-students-and-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Office 365 Education is free to eligible students and teachers*"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Sign up for Microsoft 365 Education &#8211; free for students and educators at eligible institutions. Get access to programs like <a title=\"Word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/word\" aria-label=\"Follow this link to learn more about Microsoft Word.\">Word<\/a>, <a title=\"Excel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/excel\" aria-label=\"Follow this link to find out more about Microsoft Excel\">Excel<\/a>, <a title=\"PowerPoint\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/powerpoint\" aria-label=\"Follow this link to find out more about Microsoft PowerPoint\">PowerPoint<\/a>, <a title=\"OneNote\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/onenote\/digital-note-taking-app\" aria-label=\"Follow this link to find out more about Microsoft OneNote\">OneNote<\/a>, and now <a title=\"Microsoft Teams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/products\/teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Follow this link to find out more about Microsoft \">Microsoft Teams<\/a>, plus additional classroom tools. Use your valid school email address to get started today.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a title=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-au\/education\/products\/office\/default.aspx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/products\/office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Microsoft Office 365 for Schools &amp; Students<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Schools: share this information with your students, parents and teachers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>*To qualify, students &amp; teachers need a valid school email address. <u><a title=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-au\/education\/products\/office\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/products\/office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eligibility requirements<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/educationblog.microsoft.com\/en-au\/2020\/12\/office-365-education-is-free-to-eligible-students-and-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office 365 Education is free to eligible students and teachers*<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/educationblog.microsoft.com\/en-au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft EDU<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for Microsoft 365 Education &#8211; free for students and educators at eligible institutions. 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