Microsoft 365 Education

Empower educators to unlock creativity, promote teamwork, and provide a simple and safe experience in a single, affordable solution built for education.

Include students at no extra cost when you buy for educators, faculty, and staff.

Microsoft 365 Education gives teachers what they need most: more time to teach

Schools adopting Microsoft 365 see a measurable impact on classroom efficiency. A recent Forrester Consulting study found that teachers reclaimed over 200 hours each year – shifting valuable hours from administrative tasks to engaging students.

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Unlock creativity in each student

Spark creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving with immersive and engaging apps.

Enhance independence for students of all abilities with intelligent tools.

Bring ideas to life in 3D and data visualization tools.

Promote teamwork

Collaborate and save educators time with a single hub for classes and teams.

Easily connect with others and co-author in real time.

Meet the needs of individual students with a universal toolkit to connect, share and communicate in class and out.

Provide a simple and safe experience

Manage users, data, and devices with a single dashboard.

Protect identity, apps, data, and devices with intelligent security enhanced by machine learning.

Manage data archiving, governance, and discovery.

Discover the Microsoft 365 Education solution that’s right for you

All plans empower educators to unlock creativity, promote teamwork, and provide a simple and safe experience in a single, affordable solution built for education.

Microsoft 365 A1*

Microsoft 365 A3

Microsoft 365 A5

Collaboration & Learning

Office Online: web-based document editing

Office client applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Email and calendar, instant messenger (IM), persistent chat, Yammer

Files and content management: file storage, sharing, information discovery, Groups, Planner

Minecraft: Education Edition with Code Builder

Classroom Tools

Microsoft Teams with classroom experiences, professional learning communities (PLC), and staff teams

OneNote Class Notebook, Sway

More inclusive classrooms

Learning Tools, Accessibility Checker, Office Lens

Voice, video & meetings

Skype for Business

PSTN (public switched telephone network) Conferencing, Cloud PBX (private branch exchange)

Compliance

Legal Hold, eDiscovery search and export

Advanced eDiscovery, Customer Lockbox, Advanced Data Governance

Analytics

Delve

Power BI Pro, MyAnalytics

Management & Security

Intune for Education

School Data Sync, Data Loss Prevention, Office 365 Rights Management

Office 365 A3: Advanced Security Management, Skype Meeting Broadcast

Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) A3: Intune for Education, Azure Active Directory P1, Azure Information Protection P1, Advanced Threat Analytics

Windows 10 Education A1

Windows 10 Education A3: Windows Defender Antivirus, Device Guard

Advanced Security

Office 365 A5: Advanced Threat Prevention, Threat Intelligence

Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) A5: Azure Active Directory P2, Azure Information Protection P2, Cloud App Security

Azure Advanced Threat Protection

Windows 10 Education A5: Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection

Server & CAL Benefits

Productivity Server Licenses and Client Access Licenses (CALs) for Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for Business, etc.

Windows Server Client Access Licenses (CALs)

System Center Configuration Manager CML

System Center Endpoint Protection

*Microsoft 365 A1 is a one-time, per device license.

Frequently asked questions

Microsoft 365 is the productivity cloud designed to help each of us achieve what matters, in our work and life, with best-in-class Office apps, intelligent cloud services, and advanced security.

Office 365 business plans are now Microsoft 365 business plans. New name, same great value, same price.

  • Office 365 Business Essentials is now Microsoft 365 Business Basic
  • Office 365 Business Premium is now Microsoft 365 Business Standard
  • Microsoft 365 Business is now Microsoft 365 Business Premium
  • Office 365 Business is now Microsoft 365 Apps for business

We changed the name to be more reflective of the range of features and benefits in the subscription. Microsoft 365 includes everything you know in Office 365, including best-in-class Office apps, intelligent cloud services, and advanced security.

There are no price or feature changes for small and medium business plans. The same plans are available, only with an updated name.

No action is needed from you. Your Office 365 subscription will automatically be renamed to Microsoft 365. You will see the name of your subscription update to the new name across your Admin Portal and monthly billing statements.

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