Microsoft Office 365 for Education appears on the horizon

 

Last week Microsoft officially announced Office 365 , which is the next generation of cloud services – bringing together Exchange 2010, SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Lync (previously known as Office Communications Server) and Office (on both the web and your PC).

And the good news is that there will be an education specific version of it.

The product release is scheduled for next year although they haven’t announced dates.

Here’s some of the key information, summarised from mass of data published on the web:

Summary of Office 365

Microsoft Office 365 brings together cloud versions of the most trusted communications and collaboration products with the latest version of desktop software and companion Web Apps. Office 365 is designed to meet the needs of organisations of all sizes — from independent professionals to small, midsize and large businesses and from government agencies to educational institutions — helping them save time, money and free up valued resources.

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