Microsoft brings Office 365 education benefit to teachers

Microsoft has extended its program for educational institutions that offer Office 365 ProPlus subscription to their students. Now, even the educators will gain access to Office 365 ProPlus on the cloud. Each user (or teacher in this case) can download Office for up to five PCs and Macs as well as Office apps on other mobile devices such as Windows tablets and iPads. They also gain access to apps and add-ins like Office Mix, Lync, OneNote, and more.

Source: Microsoft in Education

Microsoft to offer unlimited cloud storage to current and new subscribers of Office 365 subscribers

Subscribers of Microsoft’s Office 365 service are in for a lot of storage space. Microsoft is offering unlimited OneDrive cloud storage for those with Home, Personal, or University subscriptions. OneDrive doesn’t just store your documents, it can store photos and other personal files as well. The roll out may take months though so if you want to jump the line, Microsoft created a sign-up page for it. Subscription plans for Officer 365 start at US$6.99 per month.

Source: OneDrive Blog | Via: Android Police

Microsoft launches app for Office 365 administrators

Microsoft Office 365 administrators can now access the service from personal devices with the newly launched iOS and Android applications. The mobile app lets you conduct health checks of the service while on the move. You can view maintenance status updates, configure data refresh intervals of the app, see service health information, and filter data by service subscriptions. 

Review: Microsoft Office 365 2013

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Office 365 elevates the Office Suite to a full and bona fide cloud-based subscription service that pushes Microsoft beyond the old model of software distribution to that of a Software as a Service provider. We take it for a ride on multiple devices.

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