Office 365: Types of Education Plans!

No doubt, Office 365 for Education plans are really attractive to Education institutions because they allow both Students and Faculties to use may of the services and elements available in the platform at no cost. However, in order to get access to all the services and components included in Office 365 it’s required to have access to Office 365 E3 Education plans as you can read in the following comparison page: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans-FX103045755.aspx. As you can see in that page, you have two possible Office 365 Education plans:

• Office 365 Education E1 plans, which are available for both Students and Faculties at no cost. This plan allows to access to services such Office Online (work with Office documents through the browser), Exchange Online (Mailbox service), SharePoint Online (Team Sites), Lync Online (Unified communications) and Social Networking.
• Office 365 Education E3 plans, which are also available for Students and Faculties, but in this case there is a monthly charge (Note: The charge amount is not the same if you are a Student or a Faculty). In these plans, you have additional capabilities added to the E1 ones such as the full Office desktop, Office suite for mobile devices, etc.

Office 365: Tipos de planes para Educación!

Sin duda, los planes de Office 365 para educación resultan muy atractivos porque permiten que estudiantes y profesores puedan utilizar parte de los servicios de productividad de forma gratuita, aunque para tener acceso a todos los servicios y componentes es necesario tener acceso a los denominados planes E3 para Educación como queda recogido en el siguiente enlace que compara los planes disponibles para Educación: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans-FX103045755.aspx. Como se puede apreciar, hay dos tipos de planes para Educación:

• Office 365 Education E1, disponible tanto para estudiantes como para profesores y que no tiene coste. Este plan proporciona acceso a los servicios de Office Online (creación de documentos en el navegador), Exchange Online (correo), SharePoint Online (sitios colaborativos), Lync Online (comunicaciones unificadas) y Social.
• Office 365 Education E3, disponible también para estudiantes y profesores, pero con un coste asociado. En este tipo de plan, se añade a la base de Office 365 Education E1 capacidades avanzadas como la suite de escritorio de Office, la versión de Office para dispositivos móviles, etc.