Review : Microsoft Office 365 University

Despite being specifically targeted towards the business environment, the Microsoft Office products can also be useful for one man enterprises, home users as well as students. Microsoft knows how important it is for students to create and open Office files, and that is why they have created Office 365 University, an Office subscription that’s specifically targeting home users. 

Office 365 University includes a 4-year subscription to the most popular Office applications, which include PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook. Not only that, but Office 365 University also provides OneDrive cloud storage that makes it easy for students to transfer their files from a computer to another. The cloud storage option is very useful and students can take full advantage of it by always having the files they need to work with right under their fingertips. Another bonus included in the Office 365 University subscription is a Skype PC to Phone calling for up to 2 different devices, which has a few limits but it’s a nice service nonetheless.

In order to have access to Office 365 University, faculties, students and staff need to undergo eligibility verification prior to purchase. The subscription is also subject to limitations, depending on the situation.

There aren’t any performance or feature differences between the Office 365 University and the Home/Personal counterparts, the only thing that do differs is the price and subscription duration. You will have to pay $79.99 for 4 years, while the aforementioned subscriptions offer much lower subscription duration for the same amount.

Thanks to the integrated OneNote, Word, Excel and Publisher, students have the opportunity to go create and modify their own files, then easily share or publish them online. 

What’s important to know in regards to the Office 365 University plan is that a single license works on up to two different devices, which can be either a Mac, Windows PC or tablet. The main idea here is only a single person can use them.

The OS requirements for Office 365 University are similar to the for the Home and Personal subscription, as you will have to run a Windows 7 or Mac OS Snow Leopard at least in order to take full advantage of it.

Office 365 University comes with a neat sharing method as the person who gets a link to the document can edit it whenever is necessary, without any restriction. The document sharing process is very fast and highly streamlined in order to offer a lot of convenience to the students.

Also, Office 365 University takes full advantage of all input options that you might have, such as touchscreen input, pens or keyboards, depending on the device. A neat feature presented in Office 365 University will allow you to grab content from PDFs and import it straight into Office without the need for any additional help.

Overall, Office 365 University is one of the best office subscriptions that you can find right now, even though it’s available only to those in the academic field. With the low price, numerous bonuses and great performance, Office 365 University is one of the best and highly efficient office suites, so we recommend you to give it a try!