Microsoft Outlines Plans for Office365 for Education Release

The Office365 for Education packages will start with a package that gives students and faculty members entry Exchange, Lync and SharePoint — US$ 6 per staff/month, free for students — to a package that includes everything plus VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) — US$ 17 per staff/month and US$ 5 for students.

The announcement of Office365 for Education at this week’s BETT educational innovation conference in London, UK, gives some insight into where Microsoft is going with this.