Ministry extends Microsoft Schools Agreement to 2015

We are very excited to announce that the Ministry of Education has extended the Microsoft Schools Agreement through to the end of 2015! This enables chools across New Zealand to have greater access to the most modern e-learning tools.

The Microsoft Schools Agreement provides New Zealand Schools with unlimited access to the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office software for school-owned or leased devices, as well as unrestricted use of Windows Core Servers.

Pauline Barnes from the Ministry of Education says, “The extension to December 2015 gives schools greater ability to make IT network management plans. It will support schools to access and provide modern digital teaching and learning environments”.

Evan Blackman, Microsoft Education Sector Manager, says, “Technology should enable collaborative learning and give students access to amazing resources, not take educators away from the classroom to roll it out.  So we’ve created a deployment kit that basically does the heavy lifting involved for schools in upgrading to Windows 8."

Find out more about this exciting agreement by reading the full article here.