Microsoft offer selected plans of their Office 365 to Schools and Colleges for free!*
Features of Office 365 for Education:
Emails and calendars
Cloud-based email and calendars powered by Microsoft Exchange Online using your domain name. 25 GB storage per user.
Web conferencing
Rich online meetings with audio and video, desktop sharing, and virtual whiteboard. Excellent for distance learning.
Office Web Apps
Create and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote documents using your favourite web browser
Public Website
Design and maintain a simple, public-facing website with no additional hosting fees. Use your own domain.
Team sites
Share files and documents with classmates. Create team, study group or club sites. Up to 300 sub sites.
Reliability & Security
99.9% uptime guarantee and enterprise class data centres.
Protection
Premium antivirus and anti-spam filtering. Configurable anti-spam filtering.
Administration
Easy to use and control. You can add and remove users in minutes. Use PowerShell for creating custom scripts and automating processes
Updates
Microsoft update the service regularly with new features and capabilities
*Microsoft verify your domain during the trial to check eligibility.