Buncombe County Schools is pleased to announce that its more than 25,000 students are eligible to download Microsoft® Office 2013 Professional Plus for free and install it on as many as five (5) PCs or Macs plus five (5) mobile devices.
This opportunity is part of the district’s Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES) agreement, which is an easy, no-cost offer that provides qualified education customers a simplified way to acquire Microsoft software and services under a single, subscription agreement.
Microsoft® Office 2013 Professional Plus includes: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, and Publisher.
“This is huge. There is no other way to say it. I have no doubt our parents will be incredibly grateful for this cost-free opportunity.” Dr. Tony Baldwin, Superintendent of Schools, said. “Offering this program to every student here in Buncombe County Schools provides a distinctly unique competitive advantage for them to learn at home using the most current, universally accepted platforms in the marketplace today.”
Also new this year, BCS employees are eligible to take advantage of Microsoft’s Software Assurance Home Use Program (HUP). This program enables employees to get a licensed copy of Microsoft® Office 2013 for PC or Mac to install and use on their home computer for $9.95. Employees can continue using HUP software as long as they remain employed by BCS.
“The Enrollment for Education Solutions agreement demonstrates our commitment to provide students and staff multiple engaging learning platforms and opportunities that extend far beyond our classrooms,” said Barry Pace, BCS Director of Technology. “I am pleased to have these products available at no charge for all of our students to use.”
To access the free download of Microsoft® Office 2013 Professional Plus, students/parents must:
1. Login on to Office 2013 at: https://login.microsoftonline.com
2. The username is [email protected] (The “StudentID” is the student’s lunch number).
3. The password is the student’s date of birth in the “YYYYMMDD” format.
After successfully logging in, simply download Office 2013 from the Office 365 “Settings” menu.