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Office 365 A1 Plus for faculty licenses
Hi,
would anyone be able to confirm that our Office 365 A1 Plus for faculty licenses mean we can install Office 365 on our institute devices please? At the moment we've been deploying Office 2019 Pro Plus, but are thinking of deploying 365 instead.
many thanks,
Tom
- Sure. I think so because the qualification criteria is outlined here
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/education/deploy/office-365-education-self-sign-up
After the school qualifies, all active full-time or part-time students, faculty, and staff are eligible and can get the plan directly from Microsoft at Office 365 Education if they meet all three of the following requirements:
1. They have a school-specific email address provided by the school (for example, sara@contoso.edu) that can receive external email.
2. They are of legal age to sign up for an online offer individually (13 years old).
3. They have Internet access.
There is no specification of the type of device. This is consistent with the business plans which allows this mix.
Best, Chris
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tommalt By the way, can anyone tell me that how long can we use Office 365 A1 Plus for faculty once we register?
We have Office A1 plus for faculty and students. The plus part is the inclusion of Office 365.
I have the on-prem deployment setup of Office 365 to all domain computers so it ties in with the staff and students licence to install Office 365 to their own computers. On a side note, the install is not as you would for 2019 and it is locked into the users 365 accounts when they sign into a computes and yes they can hot desk. I have up to 50 pupils using the IT suite computers with no issues. Please note that the deployment of Office 365 does take a bit of setting up to get it right and can be totally controlled from GPO. Been using it this way for 3 years now.
DrDaveMGP can you assist me on the process on getting tha A1 plus Lisences.
I ony have the free trail A1 lisences
Dave if your a school with a .edu domain you can request it for free but there are limitations.
If you dont have a .edu domain you can purchase how many accounts you need from an Authorised Microsoft partner re-seller such as lizosoft.com or https://cloudmarket.com to name a few
- Hi tommalt
See here
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans?activetab=tab%3aprimaryr1
A1 does not contain the desktop versions of Office - only the web versions. You would need to get A3 or A5 if you wanted the desktop versions
Hope that answers your question
Best, Christhanks for that - we've got A1 Plus, which according to this page: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/office-365-education
Gives us this:
Some schools are eligible for Education Plus, which includes Office 365 ProPlus, and allows students, faculty and staff to install the latest version of Office on up to five PC or Mac computers and on other mobile devices, including Windows tablets and the iPad. Schools qualify for Office 365 Education Plus when they license Office institution-wide for faculty and staff through Enrollment for Education Solutions, Open Value Subscription Education Solutions, or a school contract.
What isn't clear is if this is for our institute devices, their personal devices or a mix of both...
thanks a lot,
Tom
- Sure. I think so because the qualification criteria is outlined here
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/education/deploy/office-365-education-self-sign-up
After the school qualifies, all active full-time or part-time students, faculty, and staff are eligible and can get the plan directly from Microsoft at Office 365 Education if they meet all three of the following requirements:
1. They have a school-specific email address provided by the school (for example, sara@contoso.edu) that can receive external email.
2. They are of legal age to sign up for an online offer individually (13 years old).
3. They have Internet access.
There is no specification of the type of device. This is consistent with the business plans which allows this mix.
Best, Chris
