Office 365 for education–get your free trial today!
Making changes to the way you work, or more importantly the way your staff and students work, is a big deal in any institution. Being able to test, develop and trial changes is vital to rolling out any new services successfully. For this reason we’ve made getting your hands on Office 365 for education super simple! You can trial the whole service, including the Office Professional Plus subscription free for 30 days! All you have to do is sign up:
https://education.office365.com
The trial gives you access to 25 student and 25 faculty A3 plan licenses which include:
- Exchange Online with a 25GB mailbox
- Lync Online for voice, video, IM and screen sharing
- SharePoint Online with the Microsoft Office Web Apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote) for the easy creation, collaboration and curation of all sorts of files.
- Microsoft Office Professional Plus subscription to allow your users to install Office on up to 5 PCs!
The first thing you’re going to want to do once you’ve got your trial is create some users and the simplest way to do that is via the Microsoft Online Services Admin Portal. The video below shows the steps you need to go through in order to create your first users and assign them some services. Please note this video has no sound.
It’s as simple as that! Don’t forget that the trial does end and you should understand what happens so that you get the best experience.
Now it’s your turn!
Have you made any useful screencasts of using Office 365 for your institution? Share them with us in the comments and we’ll feature the best ones in a blog post!