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Sep 5, 2025 3:55 PM

Verified College Students: 12 Months of Microsoft 365 Personal

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Microsoft offers Verified College Students: 12 Months of Microsoft 365 Personal (New Accounts only) for Free.

Thanks to Community Member TomB4719 for posting this deal.

Note: Microsoft 365 Personal includes productivity apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, 1TB of cloud storage, and advanced security for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.

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Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • Offer ends October 31 or while supplies last.
  • Use your college or university email address to verify your student status and sign up to get 12 free months, plus save over 50% on the regular price of Microsoft 365 Personal going forward.
  • 12-month free offer is only available to college student users who are not currently Microsoft 365 Personal student offer subscribers.
  • After 12 months, you will continue to be charged the applicable monthly subscription fee unless you cancel in your Microsoft account. A payment instrument is required to sign up.
  • Refer to the original post & forum comments for additional details & discussion.

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Written by TomB4719
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Microsoft offers Verified College Students: 12 Months of Microsoft 365 Personal (New Accounts only) for Free.

Thanks to Community Member TomB4719 for posting this deal.

Note: Microsoft 365 Personal includes productivity apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, 1TB of cloud storage, and advanced security for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • Offer ends October 31 or while supplies last.
  • Use your college or university email address to verify your student status and sign up to get 12 free months, plus save over 50% on the regular price of Microsoft 365 Personal going forward.
  • 12-month free offer is only available to college student users who are not currently Microsoft 365 Personal student offer subscribers.
  • After 12 months, you will continue to be charged the applicable monthly subscription fee unless you cancel in your Microsoft account. A payment instrument is required to sign up.
  • Refer to the original post & forum comments for additional details & discussion.

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Written by TomB4719

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Microsoft 365 Personal here is mainly a 1TB OneDrive play, with the full Office apps, Copilot, device sign in on up to five devices, and ad free email as extras. Enrollment appears to need only an .edu address for verification, and the license can stack in some cases or run through 2030. The free year can be followed by $5 per month, which is framed as a solid price for the storage. The main catch is that school email access can disappear after graduation, and the offer may not work for every existing account.

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Sep 6, 2025 1:38 AM
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PowerfulPartner7660Sep 6, 2025 1:38 AM
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Or just pay the $21 on woot for a lifetime license lol
Sep 6, 2025 1:54 AM
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TrewtrewSep 6, 2025 1:54 AM
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Quote from kimjongdeals View quoted comment :
Very few college students use Microsoft 365, they're all on Google Workspace apps instead. Microsoft fumbled this specific market tremendously.
Agree, I have no use for this. Not even enough to spend 5 minutes setting it up. The Google Gemini deal for students was an instant grab for me.

Microsoft is becoming an enterprise only company.
Sep 6, 2025 2:00 AM
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egotSep 6, 2025 2:00 AM
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Quote from PowerfulPartner7660 View quoted comment :
Or just pay the $21 on woot for a lifetime license lol
Or just use a free and open source software like LibreOffice.
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Sep 6, 2025 2:45 AM
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pyroskater85Sep 6, 2025 2:45 AM
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this says minimum age limits apply but I cant find it.
Sep 6, 2025 2:57 AM
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DontTaxBeerSep 6, 2025 2:57 AM
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Quote from kimjongdeals View quoted comment :
Very few college students use Microsoft 365, they're all on Google Workspace apps instead. Microsoft fumbled this specific market tremendously.
my condolences to them. we were forced to use google crapware. google sheets are a joke.
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Sep 6, 2025 3:11 AM
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DougSaveAroundSep 6, 2025 3:11 AM
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Quote from Dr. J View quoted comment :
One of my alma's gave out *.edu emails for alums. That seems to be pretty common for larger universities. I don't use it except for deals that require one to be a student LOL
My alma also let me keep my .edu, best tens of thousands in debt I ever spent /s
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Sep 6, 2025 10:56 AM
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RenStimpySep 6, 2025 10:56 AM
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Libre Office is free!
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Sep 6, 2025 11:52 AM
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StephenCarboniSep 6, 2025 11:52 AM
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Quote from Hyperbolee View quoted comment :
Blows me away that ANYONE would pay a subscription for stuff that hasn't changed since 2010. Buy office 2010 once and never pay again. How did people allow them to get away with this scam?
universities are not their target market, it's corporate.
Sep 6, 2025 11:53 AM
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StephenCarboniSep 6, 2025 11:53 AM
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Quote from DontTaxBeer View quoted comment :
my condolences to them. we were forced to use google crapware. google sheets are a joke.
you realize all of Google uses google sheets only, right?
Sep 6, 2025 2:20 PM
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TenderShoe5729Sep 6, 2025 2:20 PM
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The web only version of Microsoft 365 is free for anyone but only comes with 5GB of storage. The free TB of One Drive could be useful as an additional backup storage source rather than paying an annual fee for cloud storage like Backblaze.
Sep 6, 2025 4:42 PM
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deedz2Sep 6, 2025 4:42 PM
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Thx op, shared with others! Tu and repped. nod
Sep 6, 2025 6:20 PM
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grant516Sep 6, 2025 6:20 PM
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Can I use the license on another established microsoft e-mail address after I verify? or am I stuck with the account on the .edu mail?
Sep 6, 2025 8:39 PM
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PurpleMapleSep 6, 2025 8:39 PM
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Quote from grant516 View quoted comment :
Can I use the license on another established microsoft e-mail address after I verify? or am I stuck with the account on the .edu mail?
Yes. The edu email is only for the verification

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Sep 6, 2025 10:33 PM
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DontTaxBeerSep 6, 2025 10:33 PM
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Quote from StephenCarboni View quoted comment :
you realize all of Google uses google sheets only, right?
i'm sure they are forced to use it, sadly. it must be hell dealing with the outside world that uses MS Office apps. it dont convert very well.

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