I had a public school in Denver ask me this question since they had a rich student portal on prem but wanted to take advantage of the new 1TB quota which is no cost for faculty, staff and students with the A2 Office 365 Education SKU plans. This is how we currently leverage OneDrive for…
Year: 2014
Exploring the Transition from Google Apps with Office 365 Education- May 15th 2014 12:30 PST
Seminar: Exploring the Transition from Google Apps with Office 365 Education Date & Time: May 15th 2014 at 12:30 PM Pacific Time Registration: http://www.microsoft.com/education/ww/Training/webcasts/Pages/default.aspx Seamlessly transition your faculty, staff and students to Office 365. Join Microsoft Partner, CloudBearing as they review their limited time customer migration offer for educational organizations. Now until June 30th, 2014,…
OneDrive for Business default quotas now are being upped to 1TB from 25GB for Office 365 Education
Hot off the presses – we have confirmed that the 1TB storage increase per OneDrive for Business user announced here will apply to A2 and A3 SKU customers. This is great news! Here is a quick FAQ: Does this increase apply to Office 365 Education? Yes, if you have A2 or A3 SKU assigned to…
Office for iPad: Some Common Questions Answered
Further to our recent announcement that Office for iPad is now available, I just wanted to take this opportunity to share some additional information that hopefully addresses some of the queries I have been receiving via email and Twitter over the last week around both the apps and how best to license them for your…
Microsoft announces Office for iPad
Microsoft is devoted to providing the tools which enable people from all walks of life to work anywhere and on any device. The ever increasing portfolio of Windows based devices available lay testament to that and with over a billion users of Microsoft Office globally we are now delighted to share that Office for iPad…
Office for iPad now available with Office 365 Education
Announced today we are now offering Office for iPad. You can use the free portion of Office for iPad for reading, viewing and presenting and if you have a valid Office 365 ProPlus license you can also create and edit Office documents on your iPad. This license is part of the A3 SKU and the…
SharePoint Online now allows up to 1TB of storage for OneDrive for Business and SharePoint site collections in Office 365
NOTE: Update 4-30-14 – This has all changed as we now provide 1TB of default OneDrive for Business quota per user. Please see new my new blog post here and ignore the old scenario below. Great news you can now up your SharePoint OneDrive for Business quota to 1 terabyte up from the default 25GB…
What’s new in Office 365 Education in March 2014
There have been numerous new updates launched in February in Office 365 Education. Here is a list of new functionality. Office 365 Education updates shipped in February 2014: New names: Office Web Apps are now rebranded as Office Online and SkyDrive Pro is now rebranded as OneDrive for Business. OneDrive name now in Office 365…
Office 365 Education in the Classroom eBook (now available)
This new eBook, Office 365 Education in the Classroom, concentrates almost exclusively on how Office 365 Education can help the teacher and the student in their day to day work. We look at a whole list of teaching and learning scenarios, describing some of the ways in which hard- working teachers might be dealing with…
Student Advantage Deployment Guide
Student Advantage is a volume licensing benefit where students get Office 365 ProPlus at no additional cost, provided institutions meet the following criteria: 1. Institution has an EES agreement or an OVS-ES agreement 2. Licenses 100% of Faculty/Staff organization wide for Office (i.e. Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Education A3 or A4, or Office Professional…