• Microsoft Office 365 Student and Staff Advantage

    Office 365 Staff and Student Advantage Logo

    Norfolk Public Schools is happy to announce the new Microsoft Staff/Student Advantage program. Students and Staff are now able to download and install Microsoft Office ProPlus applications AT NO ADDITIONAL COST!

     

    Please note that due to the variety of personal devices\software, the District cannot provide technical support for personal devices.

     

    What is included with Office 365 ProPlus subscription license?

    Office 365 ProPlus for PC (Office 2019 ProPlus base applications)
    Office 365 ProPlus for Mac (Office 2019 for Mac base applications)
    Office Mobile for iPhone
    Office Mobile for Android

    How many machines/devices can students and staff run this subscription on?

    Each subscription license allows the person to run Office on up to five machines being Mac or PC. You can also run Office Mobile for Android or Office Mobile for iPhone on up to 5 mobile devices.

    Is this a full version Office and available for offline use?

    Yes, this is full Office on the PC, Mac, iPhone, and Android platform and all are available for offline use.

    What applications come with Office 365 ProPlus?

    Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams, Publisher, Access

    What are the system requirements for Office 365 ProPlus?

    Please see: https://products.office.com/en-us/office-system-requirements

    How long can a student or staff leverage Office 365 ProPlus?

    The guidelines are students can leverage this until they graduate or are no longer attending school. At that point, their Office 365 ProPlus license will be disabled.

    Staff can leverage this until they are no longer employed by Norfolk Public Schools.  At that point, their Office 365 ProPlus license will be disabled.

    Should a staff member wish to have a permanent license for Office they can do so by buying Office at a very discounted price from our Microsoft Home Use Program. This is not avalible for students at this time.

     

    Where can staff and students get training on Office 365 ProPlus?

    There is some excellent end user training on Office here.

    Download Instructions:

    NOTICE: This should only be done on personal devices. NPS computers already have Microsoft Office installed. If you cannot locate Microsoft Office on your NPS PC please contact Helpdesk

    1. On the device that you would like to install Office 365 ProPlus browse to the Office Download Page and login with your NPS email address and password.

    2.Click “install” to launch the installation on the computer you would like to install Office 365 on.

    Office Software Selection

     

    Please note that due to the variety of personal devices\software, the District cannot provide technical support for personal devices.