Microsoft announces it will terminate Office 365 A1 Plus Education Edition plan starting in 2024

Microsoft announced on August 2 that it will stop supporting the Office 365 A1 Plus Education Edition plan starting from August 1, 2024. According to Microsoft, the program was launched in 2015 to help school IT administrators migrate users to the cloud to reduce configuration burdens. However, this move has created some complexity for customers in terms of compliance, resulting in some customers inadvertently experiencing non-compliance

Microsoft pointed out in the statement, Microsoft 365 now Provisioning of A3 and A5 licenses has become easier to meet customer needs and eliminate the need for transition planning. Therefore, to better meet customer needs and simplify license selection, effective August 1, 2024, all existing Office 365 A1 Plus licenses will all expire.

After August 1 next year, after educational organizations have Office 365 A1 Plus licenses, they can choose according to their own needs. According to the editor's understanding, you can choose to migrate to Office 365 A1, convert to Microsoft's free plan, or choose the Microsoft 365 Education Suite (Microsoft 365 A3 and Microsoft 365 A5). The latter two will be priced significantly lower than commercial pricing

Educational organizations are positive about the change as it provides them with a more flexible solution to suit their individual needs. Microsoft emphasizes that this will make the entire migration process simpler and ensure customers' compliance and security. It is hoped that educational organizations can use Microsoft's office suite more smoothly under the new license selection and improve work efficiency and information management levels

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