Microsoft gives away three months of Office 365 to college students

Just in time for term papers, Microsoft is providing three-month trials of Office 365 University.

Office 365 University is meant for school students, faculty, and staff. It includes Word, PowerPoint, stand out and OneNote, and may be put in on up to 2 PCs or Macs. The arrange additionally comes with 20GB of additional SkyDrive storage—in addition to seven B of free storage—and hour of Skype calls per month to any signal.

To sign up, you’ll want a .edu e-mail address, and you’ll need to produce a Microsoft account (which may be tied to any e-mail address) if you don’t have one. When language up for the promotion, users will extend the free trial by another 3 months by sharing the provide on Facebook.

Microsoft’s FAQ page notes that once the trial ends,  Office can switch to a read-only mode that prevents documents from being emended or created. SkyDrive documents can stay offered for viewing and sharing, however users won’t be ready to transfer any new files on the far side 7GB while not shopping for a lot of storage or liberating up house.

If you wish to take Office 365 University, it prices $80 for a four-year amount. the sole different choices square measure to buy an everyday Office 365 subscription, beginning at $100 p.a. for access on up to five PCs, or to buy one Office 2013 license, beginning at $100 for the house, Student version. Microsoft doesn't provide a student discount on the standalone, non-subscription version of  Office 2013—at least indirectly through its own on-line store.

Users World Health Organization don’t have a legitimate .edu address will try office 365 for only 1 month instead.