<p>Productivity | Educause 2013 News Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Free for Students Beginning Dec. 1</p><p>Microsoft is making Office 365 ProPlus the edition of Office that includes the desktop applications free for students beginning Dec. 1. The announcement was made at the Educause 2013 conference, taking place this week in Anaheim, CA.</p><p>Microsoft as made its Office 365 cloud-based suite free for education for about a year and a half now, but the ProPlus edition includes the full core suite of Office desktop applications Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in addition to the cloud productivity and collaboration tools (e-mail, document sharing, Web conferencing, Web site creation, cloud storage, calendaring, instant messaging, and the Web app versions of Word, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Excel).</p><p>Through the new Student Advantage program, institutions that license Office 365 will be able to provide the software to students at no additional charge.</p><p><a href="http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/10/17/microsoft-office-365-proplus-free-for-students-beginning-dec.-1.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://ustrademedia.com/microsoft-corporation-nasdaqmsft-offering-office-365-for-free-3190.html">Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Offering Office 365 For Free</a> (US Trade Media)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBDvD4BNFtdlhxMWT0qd8FxNkGE-M&ned=us">5 additional articles.</a></p>