Retirement Plan for the Office 365 A1 Plus | Microsoft Education In 2025, Microsoft will retire the Office 365 A1 Plus program, a free Office subscription that includes Office desktop apps for qualified schools that purchased Office institution-wide for faculty and staff
Microsoft Discontinues Office 365 A1 Plus Licensing As part of this change, Microsoft is retiring all remaining A1 Plus licenses and transitioning affected users to the Office 365 A1 license, which includes access to Office applications in a web browser only
Microsoft 365 Education plans Microsoft donates Office 365 A1, including web and AI tools, at no cost to eligible institutions The right solution for institutions that need features from Office 365 A1, plus desktop apps, security, and device management
The Sunset of Microsofts A1 Plus Licenses: What You Need to Know In a significant shift for educational institutions, Microsoft has announced the retirement of the Office 365 A1 Plus program This change marks the end of an era for a service that has been a cornerstone for schools in their journey to the cloud
Microsoft A1 Plus Is Being Discontinued: What Schools Need to Know From 1 August 2024, Microsoft officially discontinued the A1 Plus licence for education This means that free access to the full desktop Office apps (like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) through A1 Plus is no longer available
Microsoft 365 Education licenses - Microsoft 365 and Office 365 A1 This page provides an overview of the features included specifically in the Microsoft Education A1 (baseline) license For a list of features available in all education licenses, see Microsoft 365 Education licenses