Microsoft 365 Personal is free for students in the US – Ghacks Tech News for a year

Students in the US can use a free one-year-old Microsoft 365 subscription. This is what is included in the package.

This is not the same as Microsoft 365 OnlineWhat is free for everyone. Microsoft 365 Personal (formerly called Office 365) includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook. You have access to these apps on PC, Mac, iOS and Android. It is also supplied with 1 TB storage space on OneDrive in the free subscription. And before you ask, yes, the Microsoft Copilot contains desktop apps for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Designer, etc.

Word will automatically save your documents in OneDrive, you may want to change that. Copilot in Excel requires that Autosave is switched on. The Redmond company had recently warned that Copilot is missing accuracy in Excel. Keep in mind that Windows 11 will automatically automatically install two corresponding apps on your PC, if you have installed Microsoft 365 Desktop apps.

So why is Microsoft 365 personally given away for free? And why only in the United States? Microsoft announced the news As part of its dedication to the efforts of the US government to increase AI training in the country. That explains a lot.

Microsoft 365 Personal normally costs $ 99.99 per year, or $ 9.99 per month. Getting free can be great for students. You may want to set a reminder to cancel the membership after 12 months, otherwise you will be charged monthly for the subscription. If you choose to continue with Microsoft 365 after 12 months, you can do this for a 50% discount, $ 4.99 per month. This offer ends on October 31, or until the stocks strive. Go to this page To claim your free subscription.

Users who want to claim the Microsoft 365 Student 12 months Free Trial and Discount offer must use their e-mail address from Hogeschool or University to verify their student status. You must also provide a payment method, probably a credit card, to claim the offer. Existing subscribers can also claim the offer, instructions for this are provided on the offer page.

Consult the general terms and conditions on the Microsoft website for more information.

An advice, if you are worried about your privacy, I strongly recommend using LibreOffice That is completely free, open source, supports office document formats and is available on platforms: Windows, MacOS, Linux. Of course it lacks the online functions of Microsoft 365, but you cannot place a price tag on privacy.

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