Microsoft Offers $38, 6-Year Office 365 Pricing for Education

  • By Dian Schaffhauser
  • 10/01/21

Microsoft has announced simplified pricing for education customers that are using versions of the software beyond the free Office 365 (A1).

Beginning on Nov. 1, 2021, the company will be offering a new education license for Microsoft 365 A1 that costs $38 per device for a six-year license. That edition includes all Office desktop applications, including Teams, as well as cloud management. The new edition also includes Minecraft: Education Edition. This version enables colleges and universities to support student learning on desktop Office apps with or without an internet connection.

Microsoft will continue making Office 365 available free to users with an EDU e-mail address on a per-user basis.

The company also announced that teachers and students will be able to share handwriting from a whiteboard or document using their laptop's camera via Microsoft Teams Content. The new feature is intended to help create a more inclusive classroom experience for each learner, whether they're in the room or joining online. That functionality will be available beginning in December.

Microsoft Teams content from camera feature

Teams content sharing feature

For more information, visit the Microsoft blog post.

About the Author

Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.

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