Introduction

Microsoft today announced that it will make Copilot and the AI Toolkit available to more education users, hoping to save educators time by providing them with free AI capabilities.

Microsoft Copilot with Business Data Protection is now embedded in all Microsoft 365 Education products, including zero-cost licenses that will be available to all teachers and college and university students 18 and older, and will launch a private preview program for younger students this spring, Microsoft said.

Microsoft also said it will offer a new deal for college and university users: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, which is designed to protect student devices, will be available at a discounted price.

Starting April 1, 2024, educational institutions such as colleges and universities will be able to purchase Copilot for Microsoft 365 as a Microsoft 365 add-on for students over the age of 18, free of charge for students with a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 A3 / A5 license.

Microsoft describes the integration across Microsoft 365 apps as providing a seamless performance experience, including:

• Use Microsoft Teams to manage all your chats, teleclasses, meetings, and calls.

• Create, understand, and optimize your documents in Microsoft Word.

• Track your inbox and manage follow-ups in Microsoft Outlook.

• Turn your inspiration into stunning presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.

• Easily analyze, understand, and visualize data in Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft also emphasized that its Commercial Academic Edition of Copilot comes with a Customer Copyright Commitment, which means that education customers can confidently use AI services without worrying about copyright claims.

present .There are 3 versions of Microsoft 365 Education available for educational institutions worldwide, as follows:

License price

Microsoft 365 A1  

Microsoft 365 A1 Full Series Microsoft gives free online version of 365 + onedrive 100G storage to qualifying educational institutions

An easy learning solution that pays once per device and can take on all your modern workloads. Support every learner with desktop apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Minecraft: Education Edition, and more. This license also offers cloud management through Microsoft Intune for Education, saving you time by letting you manage devices in a single dashboard.

This site used the A1 School Back Office login to view the pricing prices for Microsoft 365 A3 and Microsoft 365 A5, which are displayed below:

Microsoft 365 A3

Microsoft 365 A3 for facultyHK$45.00 license/month onwards Microsoft 365 A3 for Teachers

Microsoft 365 A3 for students ‎HK$33.00 license/month onwards Microsoft 365 A3 for Students

Office 365 A3, Enterprise Mobility + Security E3, Windows 10/11 Education E3, and Minecraft: Education Edition. This per-user licensed suite of This per-user licensed suite of education products offers users best-in-class productivity across devices while providing IT security and control.

Office 365 A3, Enterprise Mobility + Security E3, Windows 10/11 Education Edition E3 and Minecraft: Education Edition. This suite of education products licensed per user provides users with best-in-class productivity across devices while providing IT security and control.

Microsoft 365 A5

Microsoft 365 A5 for faculty  HK$85.00 license/month onwards  Microsoft 365 A5 for Teachers

Microsoft 365 A5 for students HK$60.00 license/month onwards Microsoft 365 A5 for Students

Office 365 A5, Enterprise Mobility + Security E5, Windows 10/11 Education E5, and Minecraft: Education Edition. This per-user licensed suite of Education products offers customers the latest, most advanced enterprise security, management, collaboration, and business analytics. This per-user licensed suite of Education products offers customers the latest, most advanced enterprise security, management, collaboration, and business analytics.

Office 365 A5, Enterprise Mobility + Security E5, Windows 10/11 Education Edition E5 and Minecraft: Education Edition. This per-user licensed suite of educational products provides customers with the latest and greatest in enterprise security, management, collaboration and business analytics.

Interpretation of this site

That is to say, A3 and A5 belong to Microsoft's advanced version of office, is required to pay, then who has the ability to pay? That is, the United States, the United States University, because Microsoft office is a U.S. homegrown things, so part of the United States University purchased office advanced version of the license A3 or A5; Chinese universities will require you to use WPS OFFICE to support homegrown or free to share an office software key, is not going to spend millions of dollars to buy an office365 advanced version for you to use, at most One or two schools to buy a CenturyLink agent office365, more difficult. Microsoft's purpose is also to give paid users a better experience, free office365 A1 series of the era is gone.

E-mail access

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