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Students and educators at eligible institutions can sign up for Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional classroom tools. Use your valid school email address to get started today.

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  • Agret on 22/03/2022 - 12:09
    +1

    Can confirm Victorian public school students all get free Office 365. If your school tech can be bothered giving out the credentials for it or not is a different story. If you used Microsoft Teams for remote learning during the lockdowns that same email address and password is what you use to sign into office.com to get the office suite.

    • Minimum-Chips on 22/03/2022 - 19:43
      +1

      Correction - don't contact the school technician - contact the school Principal.

  • vash12 on 22/03/2022 - 12:26
    +2

    Does it comes with 1TB Onedrive storage?

    • Agret on 22/03/2022 - 12:30
      +8

      Yes but the education department have access to your files on OneDrive

      • vash12 on 22/03/2022 - 13:04

        Would 256-bit encryption helps?

        • cydia9k on 22/03/2022 - 13:21
          +1

          Of course, nothing wrong with running a block-level encryption service like rsync, as long as you stick within throttling limits

        • scphotos on 22/03/2022 - 14:57
          +14

          Not really. We access student files all the time - it's literally a shortcut built into our sharepoint environment.

          • Minimum-Chips on 22/03/2022 - 19:41
            -7

            @scphotos: I call bullshit @scphotos - you're obviously not a Specialist Technician.

            • Colombian on 22/03/2022 - 20:33
              +5

              @Minimum-Chips: No bullshit. I'm a Microsoft 365 admin and we access student's emails and onedrive all the time.

              • Minimum-Chips on 22/03/2022 - 20:39
                -7

                @Colombian: BUT
                DET Specialist Technicians are not Admins - hence my bullshit call…

                • scphotos on 22/03/2022 - 21:11
                  +11

                  @Minimum-Chips: No, I'm not. I'm a teacher. It's functionality that's explicitly meant for teachers (retrieve student work if they are sick etc).

                  I click on the blue OneDrive link next to their name in our SharePoint page and see the contents of their OneDrive.

                  Lol.

                  I'd envisage there is either a setting on the tenant that enables this, or they run a script that reads student & teacher security groups and provisions the permissions accordingly.

                  So your bullshit call is wrong. Not everyone on the internet is lying :)

                    • scphotos on 22/03/2022 - 21:57
                      +8

                      @Minimum-Chips: Catholic diocesan 150 schools on the tenant.

                      Your experience != Everyone's

                      Not sure why you're so worked up over this…

      • mlakmlak on 22/03/2022 - 21:23

        just run boxcryptor

  • JR63 on 22/03/2022 - 12:36
    +5

    I found my alumni email worked (UniMelb).

    • hashtagbargain on 22/03/2022 - 12:49

      Nice

    • Acao on 22/03/2022 - 12:58

      Thanks, signed up with my Melb Uni alumni account as well.

      • i0k-0RU2zd10c on 22/03/2022 - 21:56

        Thx. I graduated 26 years ago from unimelb and never bothered with alumni.
        Now I'm interested.

      • big bill broonzy on 02/04/2022 - 23:03

        i have tried for years to get one of those and it never works…

    • aoeueoa on 22/03/2022 - 13:15

      My alumni has always had office installs available, 5 installs, since I graduates 10 years ago. Is this offe somehow different ?

    • Charlie Dont Surf on 22/03/2022 - 14:04

      What gets sent to your Uni email address; is it a link to install the O365 software?

      Could that link potentially be forwarded on to another person, for example?

      • hashtagbargain on 22/03/2022 - 14:17
        +1

        You’ll need your credentials to download and install, so forwarding the email won’t help.

    • h0mbre on 22/03/2022 - 17:43
      +2

      Tried with my alumni email, no good (UNSW)

      • thomalfa on 22/03/2022 - 21:36

        Unsw alumni email is not ending with edu.au

        • h0mbre on 23/03/2022 - 09:55

          Yes it does, my alumni email is [email protected] UNSW just manages their Office 365 differently with all UNSW emails having access to it except Alumni emails.

          • thomalfa on 23/03/2022 - 11:54

            @h0mbre: lucky for you… you got to keep your student###…

            mine with ending @unswalumni.com

    • FaultMaterial3322 on 22/03/2022 - 18:12
      +3

      so jealous that UniMelb has such support for alumni, Monash sucks tons of money and do nothing about it

      • Agret on 22/03/2022 - 19:02
        +1

        At Deakin as soon as you graduate they delete your data from their servers and your email address. I signed up as an alumni and can login to a portal with my regular gmail but they don't give me a Deakin email. Talk about crap :( I want my uni web hosting again so I can do cool projects on a school website.

        • Zorlin on 19/04/2022 - 22:46

          Use Oracle free tier :)

  • superprism on 22/03/2022 - 12:44

    Has anyone got it working recently for NSW ?

    • shatter on 22/03/2022 - 12:56
      +1

      woks for usyd

      • aoeueoa on 22/03/2022 - 13:27
        +12

        Woks for USYD

        What a noble cause.

    • Fesnyng on 22/03/2022 - 13:35
      +1

      It works for the standard issued NSW DET email given to kids in primary and high school

      • superprism on 22/03/2022 - 19:22

        I tried with a primary school email and got this error - "We can’t connect to the server at fs.det.nsw.edu.au"

  • haru on 22/03/2022 - 13:03

    Doesn't work for Griffith alumni.

  • hashtagbargain on 22/03/2022 - 13:14
    +1

    Signed up with my UTS alum account. Finally some ROI haha.

    • tofu on 22/03/2022 - 16:29
      +2

      I have same account but don't remember what the password was. Who to contact?

      nevermind, rang IT support@uts and all sorted.

    • amsaini15 on 22/03/2022 - 21:29

      When did you study last in UTS? I did mine in 2003. Is it too far to try my luck?

      • hashtagbargain on 23/03/2022 - 10:31

        Mine was 2011. Once an alumni always an alumni… try registering for your alumni account first then this.

  • Car-la-la on 22/03/2022 - 13:16

    Is there any way to get free word/office on a Mac?

  • mathew42 on 22/03/2022 - 13:30
    +2

    This is entrapment by Microsoft. I found this out the other day when looking for an office license and my daughter said "But you don't need to pay for that. It is free Dad." I can picture IT staff choking on their coffee as they prepare for yet another Microsoft license audit.

    • TeamTerry on 22/03/2022 - 13:53

      Not sure if you're trolling or not…
      By 'looking for an office license', do you mean try to pirate the software?
      If so, that is illegal.
      If logging in with your Education credentials and downloading software and accessing services, that is all legit if your Education provider has the licenses.

      • mathew42 on 22/03/2022 - 14:06

        Looking to purchase an office license.

      • Zorlin on 19/04/2022 - 22:47

        By 'looking for an office license', do you mean try to pirate the software?
        If so, that is illegal.

        Wah.

    • dav3 on 22/03/2022 - 14:04

      Given the tools at the disposal of your average IT admin, auditing Microsoft licenses isn't particularly hard. The additional installs are also part of the license agreement and is all done per-user not per-device, so IT staff couldn't care less until it compromises security or some dumb dad tries to throw their kids license on 20 different devices.

      • scphotos on 22/03/2022 - 14:58
        +1

        The license automatically logs you out of other devices when you're > 5 devices.

        The days of microsoft audit licensing are gone.

        • Indomietable on 22/03/2022 - 21:58
          +1

          audit is for perpetual licence. Microsoft shift to subscription model for majority of their products as this is way more profitable.

  • patmccrotch on 22/03/2022 - 13:31
    +2

    If you can sign into the O365 site you can then download the installer for Mac OS (at least that's the case at my organisation).

    • dav3 on 22/03/2022 - 13:58
      +1

      Anyone working for a company where users have an O365 license should be able to download and install Office for Windows/Mac. Just bear in mind that if you start registering random office installs with your work email address and password people using those devices will likely have full access to your work documents and resources.

      • Agret on 22/03/2022 - 19:04

        At some point they changed it and made Word/Excel/Powerpoint force sign into your OneDrive so if you activate Office on a family members computer suddenly they are looking at your OneDrive files. In the past you had to sign into that separately.

  • 6828 on 22/03/2022 - 14:34

    A person wanted a fish from me so I taught them to fish (Technically an educator). Do I qualify?

    • No ONE on 22/03/2022 - 14:48
      +5

      depends if you have an "edu" email 'technically'.

  • kehuehue on 22/03/2022 - 15:12

    No need to sign up
    Your IT department has turned off signup for Office 365 Education, but it looks like you already have access to some of the apps that come with Office 365 Education.
    We'll send you to the page where you can access them now.

    For VU. The apps are Outlook and 2 more, no Excel/Word/Powerpoint.

    Also:

    You currently have not been assigned an Office license that includes the Office desktop apps. Contact your admin for more information about how to get Office for your organization.

    sadface

  • Zackeroo on 22/03/2022 - 15:15
    +4

    The number of people I used to see buying Office365 when I was in school was surprising. No one seemed to know they could get it for free.

    • aboutconfig on 22/03/2022 - 19:59
      -2

      Sometimes it's much easier and cost effective to just pay to solve a problem than spending time, energy to study on it

      • idonotknowwhy on 05/04/2022 - 11:05

        Username does not check out :(

  • yjun355 on 22/03/2022 - 15:50

    How do you get 1TB storage?

    • happychappy1 on 22/03/2022 - 16:32

      It's OneDrive. But the issue is that the account is linked to your education account, so if you're no longer enrolled there, then your access would be revoked. Probably better to use your own if you're planning on using it long term.

      • Agret on 22/03/2022 - 19:05

        As others have said in here some alumni are receiving the Office 365 suite free.

        • happychappy1 on 22/03/2022 - 21:23

          Only if you get to keep the email address.

  • Italkdigital on 22/03/2022 - 18:08

    TAFE students ok?

    Definitely thanks OP as wouldn't have known this if you didn't send out a reminder umm can one search "long running" would other deals like this pop up?

    • daitro on 23/03/2022 - 11:11
      +1

      Be warned, TAFE cuts off your email access the moment your course finishes.

  • BigMac2000 on 22/03/2022 - 19:47

    Ok so how can i get an edu email… shortest free course possible?

  • aboutconfig on 22/03/2022 - 19:57
    +2

    Your IT department has turned off signup for Office 365 Education.

    • 6828 on 22/03/2022 - 20:41

      Same for me - UTAS

      • TimeOrMoney on 23/03/2022 - 01:24

        The full message is:

        No need to sign up

        Your IT department has turned off signup for Office 365 Education, but it looks like you already have access to some of the apps that come with Office 365 Education.
        We'll send you to the page where you can access them now.

        I suppose that's because our UTas accounts already have access to all the apps. Just annoying that it means we probably won't be able to take advantage of this as an alumni.

        • 6828 on 23/03/2022 - 07:19

          Alumni access would be ace!

  • zz876 on 22/03/2022 - 20:25
    +1

    Microsoft 365 is always free for education institution worldwide. I had setup for whole school or colleges back to 5 years ago.

    • Minimum-Chips on 22/03/2022 - 22:18

      Incorrect.
      Each institution pays a fee to Microsoft for each user licence.
      Please.
      Stop spreading bullshit if you don't know what you are talking about.

      • scphotos on 22/03/2022 - 23:57
        +4

        Well, they are kind of correct. Microsoft does provide A1 licenses for free (onedrive/teams/etc + office web apps only), but the vast majority of schools would be on A3 (onedrive/teams + office desktop) which cost.

        My org has A5 for staff, not sure about what they have for students.

        IIRC they said it costs hundreds of thousands a year for the org (including azure ad etc)

      • qingyu on 26/03/2022 - 11:17

        nah, people using .edu domain, to trick microsoft to provide free office 365 service to .edu domain. there are ways to get that domain without actually being an educational institution. not every school pays.

  • AdelaideDeals on 23/03/2022 - 01:35
    +1

    Can anyone explain how this is different then the staff or students get o365 from school? As soon as your email id is disabled you loose the access so what is the point of deal?

    • dav3 on 23/03/2022 - 11:20
      +2

      What's to explain? While you're a student you have access to this at home instead of having to purchase your own license, the same goes for a lot of workplaces. Plenty of people aren't aware of this, I've told people in places I've worked for years and they're all surprised they can install Office on their personal devices by just signing into Office.com with their work email address and password.

      This is a student deal, so obviously once you're not a student it's no longer a deal. If you need to separate home/work data then plenty of big organizations have access to the Home Use Program, which gives you a discount on Office.

    • dav3 on 23/03/2022 - 11:20
      +2

      Probably because it's not a real education and can't be proven by Microsoft.

    • Agret on 12/04/2022 - 22:44
      -1

      I know everyone is hunting for a bargain but don’t skimp out on education. Public school should be affordable to anyone.

  • Franconian on 02/04/2022 - 12:37
    +1

    I am no longer able to use the installed Office on my PC with my UTAS details, only web based access. Is there a free/cheap way to get offline access?

  • Deal Hunter Go on 09/04/2022 - 11:35

    Also free on the web browser.

    • Agret on 09/04/2022 - 20:46
      +1

      Don’t need to be a student/educator for that. Anyone can use Word & Excel free in browser.

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