Office 365 EDUCATION Really amazing / Microsoft Japan

Office 365 EDUCATION Really amazing / Microsoft Japan

Fujino Senior Product Manager (left) and Director Nakagawa (right)

"Office 365 Education is amazing."Microsoft's Nakagawa emphasizes every time, such as media briefing, reporter presentation, and lectures.Sometimes it steps in and explains the details, but I'm not really sure what is really amazing.So I decided to meet directly and ask what was amazing about "Office 365 Education".

The interview was supported by the Japan Microsoft Business Executive Officer Public Sector, Director Tetsu Kakuhin Nakagawa, and the Senior Product Manager of the OFFICE Business Headquarters.

Office 365 EDUCATION users 2.2 million are amazing?

This is a preliminary knowledge before the interview, but the Office 365 Education users seem to be 2.2 million as of December 2014.The main market of Office 365 Education is the university.There are about 2.8 million Japanese university students, and the faculty and staff are generally about 10 % of students, so a total of 3.1 million people are 3.1 million.Of the 3.1 million people, 2.2 million people use it.The occupancy rate is 70%or more.

The first question was, "2.2 million users are amazing," "I don't feel that this number is amazing. I use it in high schools, and most of them are free service users."And Nakagawa -san.Well, is Office 365 Education free?

It is amazing that Office 365 Education is free

Office 365 Education can use four services, including e -mails, Skype, SNS, and portal sites, assuming that the qualified educational institution registers tenants.

The first "Exchange Online" is an email, schedule, and contact management service.The mailbox is 50GB and large capacity.Spam and malware measures are also standard equipment, so you can use them with confidence.Of course, it can be used on iOS and Android because it is compatible with multi -devices.

The second "Skype for Business" is a service that allows you to freely use Skype functions on campus.It can be used not only for TV telephone, but also for online meetings and remote classes.There is also a presence function that allows students to confirm the presence of students.

The third "Yammer Enterprise" is an on -campus SNS (social network system).Use it like Twitter to promote communication, speedy information sharing, and information collaboration in classes and circles.Of course, multi -device compatible.

The fourth "SharePoint Online" is a portal site that can be freely created and used in all university, seminar, club, or class.It can be used not only for sharing information, but also for posting materials.

If you can use such a function, there will be almost no inconvenience as a communication tool on campus.And it's free.

"Office 365 Education has the name" Office ", so some customers seem to be one of the paid business software, but first of all, we recognize that" Office 365 Education is free ".I want you to do it, "said Nakagawa.

It is amazing that all students can use "Office 365 Proplus" for free

Office 365 EDUCATION also has a privilege for students called Student Advantage, which allows all students to use Office 365 Proplus for free.

Office 365 Proplus is the top version of the so -called Office.You can use "Word", "Excel", "PowerPoint", "ONENOTE", "Outlook", "Publisher", and "Access".

And it means that you can use it on campus or private, including 5 PCs / Macs, 5 tablets and 5 smartphones per person, that is, 15 terminals.You're muttering, "Yeah," Office "isn't a Windows -only software."Now Office can be used not only on Windows but also on Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Android.

However, there are conditions for using this "Student Advantage".The use of free Office 365 Education is that all educational institutional faculty members have contracted Office 365 Proplus in a program called EES.

This service is a subscription -style license that counts the number of licenses required by the number of users and pays software usage fees during the contract period.

"Because the usage fee is paid monthly and every year, it is not possible to simply compare the cost with the general method of purchasing software in a package, but the number of units is generally held..If you exceed three units, wouldn't EES be more advantageous? "

In other words, if there are more than 1300 PCs in universities with 1,000 faculty and staff, it is cheaper to sign a contract with EES and use Office.This includes not only PCs that faculty and staff use it individually, but also all PCs used on campus, such as PC classrooms, laboratorys, and libraries.

In addition to the effect of reducing costs due to volume discounts, the license management is very easy to manage the number of people who come to a person, not as before, but also the number of people attached to people.

However, universities that have been executed with software -budgets separately, such as teachers, staff, PC classrooms, laboratory for libraries, and library, may need to be reviewed on the entire campus, and the more troublesome work.do not have.But now, there is a compliance response, and it is not an era of inefficient software.

It is amazing that Office 365 Education is cloud.Is it?

Most universities have one or two faculty and two faculty members on the Internet, which are much faster than the public, and have been using the Internet and building their own servers.Certainly, the cost is cheap and you can handle it as you like.

However, in the middle -sized educational institution, which is said to be 3,000 to 5,000, managing the email address can be a big deal.When server maintenance and security measures are taken, it is no longer a level that faculty and staff can respond to one hand.However, even if you ask a professional contractor, the risk of installing a server on campus will not be eliminated.

Office 365 Education is a service provided by cloud computing (cloud).

A cloud floating in the sky (Cloud = cloud).My precious data that is being ended up somewhere in that cloud.In the clouds that are ambiguous and unreliable.Is it really okay to deposit data in the cloud?The initial image was like that.

However, the evolution of the performance, functions and security of the cloud industry, which is exposed to intense competition every day, is tremendous, and now it is the basis of security management that it is not as familiar as important information and data.From the viewpoint of information leakage, data theft, and BCP (Business Continuity Plan = Business Continuing Plan), on -premises (proprietary operations) are declining.

However, it doesn't mean "it's amazing because it's a cloud."

The amazing thing is that the Office 365 for business has introduced 60 % of the Nikkei 225 (225 stock price index representing the TSE First Section).It means that it has gained high trust in the business field that requires a strict usage environment and security.

Office 365 EDUCATION has the same performance as Office 365 for both functions and security.

By the way, I asked Nakagawa and Fujino of Microsoft Japan about how great the Office 365 Education was so far, but finally I have to write a little disappointing information.

It means that all students can use an EES for free use 365 Proplus for free, only more than 1,000 faculty and staff.But don't be disappointed.

Office 365 EDUCATION is amazing even with small groups

Acquired educational institutions can upload them to advanced functions at a large discounted price, using Office 365 Education for free.That is the service plan called Office 365 Education E3.

Students only add 270 yen per month and 490 yen per month, and all functions of Office 365 Proplus can be used with 5 PC / Macs and 5 tablets and 5 smartphones per person.You can receive services equivalent to EES and Student Advantage.

The more you ask, the more you know the Office 365 Education is certainly amazing.And it evolves every day.Because it is such a performance, educational institutions will be enough to consider the introduction.

While writing this manuscript, I noticed that my Word version was quite old.If you check the business of the recently appeared "Office 365 Solo" business, it is almost the same as Office 365 Proplus, 2 PC/Mac and 2 tablets, and costs ¥ 1274 a month.

If you didn't know about Office 365 Education, you would think it's "cheap", but after knowing it, I realized that educational institutions were given preferential treatment.When I shake it to my ICT person in charge of sitting in the back seat unintentionally, "Office 365 is good.""nice!".Even a company with less than 20 uses more than two, so it has a good benefit.

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