Sao Paolo, Brazil - November 01, 2013 - On Thursday, Microsoft announced an agreement with the Sao Paolo State Department of Education (SEE) to offer Office 365 free of charge to more than 4 million students from the state education network through the Student Advantage program. This joint initiative with the SEE represents an investment of almost $900 million, based on the individual subscription costs for Office 365. Student Advantage will be available as of December 1 for all educational institutions with an Office 365 ProPlus or Office Professional Plus license for its administrative and faculty staff. In Brazil, the Sao Paolo State Department of Education will be the first to reap the benefits of Student Advantage, offering its students access to the complete version of Office 365 ProPlus at no additional cost. Students from the state education network will be able to use Office 365 tools on up to five devices, including smartphones and tablets.
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Sao Paolo, Brazil - November 01, 2013
On Thursday, Microsoft announced an agreement with the Sao Paolo State Department of Education (SEE) to offer Office 365 free of charge to more than 4 million students from the state education network through the Student Advantage program.
This joint initiative with the SEE represents an investment of almost $900 million, based on the individual subscription costs for Office 365.
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Student Advantage will be available as of December 1 for all educational institutions with an Office 365 ProPlus or Office Professional Plus license for its administrative and faculty staff.
In Brazil, the Sao Paolo State Department of Education will be the first to reap the benefits of Student Advantage, offering its students access to the complete version of Office 365 ProPlus at no additional cost.
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Students from the state education network will be able to use Office 365 tools on up to five devices, including smartphones and tablets.
Office 365 ProPlus includes all of the applications from the traditional Office suite, such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and Outlook, among others, which can be installed locally on up to five devices and offer offline availability.
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Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the new Microsoft Office. July 16, 2012.
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When a school combines Student Advantage with Microsoft’s other cloud services, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online, all available free through Office 365 Education, students have access to the same set of gold-standard productivity tools and services used by Fortune 500 companies all over the world.
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Mingling at Office Preview. People gather at the event in San Francisco for the unveiling of the new Office. July 16, 2012.
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“We are thrilled to offer Student Advantage to Brazilian schools so students can access the latest, most up-to-date version of the world’s leading set of productivity tools in order to give them a competitive advantage when entering the workforce,” said Mariano de Beer, managing director of Microsoft Brazil.
“Nearly 98 percent of students using productivity software currently use Office.”
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Studying in the Classroom at Office Preview.
These “A+” attendees are hard at work while sitting at desks in the classroom vignette at the event. July 17, 2012.
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"Our commitment is to take permanent actions to ensure that our students have access to technological resources that are a fundamental part of their preparation. The agreement announced today is part of the initiatives being implemented by the SEE to offer digital tools linked to the state curriculum,” said the Secretary of State, Herman Voorwald.
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Chatting on the Patio at Office Preview.
The patio provides another space for attendees to chat about the new Office. July 17, 2012.
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The full press release of Thursday’s announcement is available in Spanish.
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