Students and Staff can get free Office 365, 1TB (at eligible schools)

Supercell · 02-07-2015 6:33pm

Working with DIT now, however seems to redirect to a local DIT host after signup - so you cant then try to get the infinite storage as it doesn't recognise the account. However 1TB is pretty decent storage, albeit temporary.

ED E · 02-07-2015 11:31pm

Referral tag in the OP by the looks of it.

freeze4real · 05-07-2015 1:18pm

Does come with MS Access ?

Mr. G · 05-07-2015 5:01pm

freeze4real wrote: »

Does come with MS Access ?

Office Pro Plus includes MS Access so yes.

06-07-2015 1:27pm

Tried a TCD and UCD mail there and neither worked. Though I'm not a current student to be fair.

Gumbo · 06-07-2015 11:06pm

Not working with my TCD email either. It's an active email address and I just sat my exams this may so a current student.

Said my IT Dept has turned it off or something.

lertsnim · 07-07-2015 4:51am

I was having issues with this before but my WIT email address is working now.

Rockin · 12-07-2015 12:20pm

kceire wrote: »

Not working with my TCD email either. It's an active email address and I just sat my exams this may so a current student.

Said my IT Dept has turned it off or something.

They should sort that if you email ITD

I've checked and no sign of UCC for a while anyways

bpb101 · 14-07-2015 11:09pm

working for dit.

24-07-2015 8:20pm

bpb101 wrote: »

working for dit.

That's bizarre as I'm getting the

Your IT department has turned off signup for Office 365 Education. Contact them to complete signup.

message! I am doing a part time course though...

::edit:: Now it's saying I already have an account and to sign in with my Office 365 user ID and password....

MagicMarker · 24-07-2015 8:20pm

Deleted User wrote: »

That's bizarre as I'm getting the

message! I am doing a part time course though...

I'm part time too but it worked for me, that was a couple of weeks ago though.

24-07-2015 8:24pm

Woah quick reply....I'm now getting a different message:

You already have an account

To get your free Office, sign in with your Office 365 user ID and password.

Did you ever get that please?

24-07-2015 8:28pm

Hey I got a little bit further but am still blocked. I'm getting a "Logon to DIT Services" and a "Microsoft Azure AD" prompt for user and password. Phew this is hard work.

bpb101 · 26-07-2015 4:47pm

Hey folks , I got it working for dit, but its not as clear as you think. Normal customers sign up and login with their id and password inside the downloaded word, powerpoint ect.
This is not the case for us.

What we do is , we essentially download a pre authenticated version which is linked to our accounts

Firstly, Sign up. - https://products.office.com/en-us/student?tab=students
2) Click "Find out if you're eligible"
3) enter in your DIT email address.
4) now, In dit, you have 4 useable email address(+2 test accounts but forget about that)

firstname.surename@mydit.ie
C123456@mydit.ie

but you also have

firstname.surename@student.dit.ie
C123456@student.dit.ie

Using these alias are great if you want to sign up multiply times to the same site to get the student deals twice. However In this case. This office 365 deal will redirect you to dit authentication server.
You login and enter your Student Number and password to dit and they send your info over to ms.

5)logout
6)login - only enter your email C123456@mydit.ie version
no password

look for

Install Office on more devices On a PC or Mac: Install

Click Install

7)
You should see devices already authorized devices - you can have 5
(none at start)

Click Install

Download and run the exe file.
When it is all done , you shouldn't be asked for you username and password and it should show up your pc name on the list of authorized pcs

If in the case you have already installed office 365 and your getting the prompt, just do these steps and all should work fine.

Hope this helped

mrmeindl · 26-07-2015 5:47pm

bpb101 wrote: »

Hey folks , I got it working for dit, but its not as clear as you think. Normal customers sign up and login with their id and password inside the downloaded word, powerpoint ect.
This is not the case for us.

What we do is , we essentially download a pre authenticated version which is linked to our accounts

Firstly, Sign up. - https://products.office.com/en-us/student?tab=students
2) Click "Find out if you're eligible"
3) enter in your DIT email address.
4) now, In dit, you have 4 useable email address(+2 test accounts but forget about that)

firstname.surename@mydit.ie
C123456@mydit.ie

but you also have

firstname.surename@student.dit.ie
C123456@student.dit.ie

Using these alias are great if you want to sign up multiply times to the same site to get the student deals twice. However In this case. This office 365 deal will redirect you to dit authentication server.
You login and enter your Student Number and password to dit and they send your info over to ms.

5)logout
6)login - only enter your email C123456@mydit.ie version
no password

look for

Install Office on more devices On a PC or Mac: Install

Click Install

7)
You should see devices already authorized devices - you can have 5
(none at start)

Click Install

Download and run the exe file.
When it is all done , you shouldn't be asked for you username and password and it should show up your pc name on the list of authorized pcs

If in the case you have already installed office 365 and your getting the prompt, just do these steps and all should work fine.

Hope this helped

Well done, If only your technique worked for CIT! We only have R00012345@mycit.ie and firsname.surname@mycit.ie no combination of @student.cit.ie worked. @cit.ie worked but it redirects to a staff logon page so no bueno.

bpb101 · 26-07-2015 6:05pm

mrmeindl wrote: »

Well done, If only your technique worked for CIT! We only have R00012345@mycit.ie and firsname.surname@mycit.ie no combination of @student.cit.ie worked. @cit.ie worked but it redirects to a staff logon page so no bueno.

The Studentnumber@mydit.ie is the important one for us

giving the list is only letting people know they exist. For example.Ive signed up to some sites that offer student deals twice by using the same account but different emails that are verified by the name of the email only , not the account. bit of a work around for other sites. This does not work for office , is my point

When you try to sign ,up , what is your error

mrmeindl · 26-07-2015 6:30pm

bpb101 wrote: »

The Studentnumber@mydit.ie is the important one for us

giving the list is only letting people know they exist. For example.Ive signed up to some sites that offer student deals twice by using the same account but different emails that are verified by the name of the email only , not the account. bit of a work around for other sites. This does not work for office , is my point

When you try to sign ,up , what is your error

With my email on check if eligible page i get

Sorry...

We can't sign you up right now because we can't verify your school is on our list of eligible institutions. Check back in a few days to see if your school is eligible.
And just in case: look for typos in the email address you entered. That could be the problem.

Using @student.cit.ie returns that too.

When I use my student number/name with @cit.ie pretending to be staff I get

Do you have another ID?

We can't find example at cit.ie. Do you use a different ID at work or school?
Try signing in with that, and if it doesn't work, contact your IT department.
Sign in with that ID

Thats where I hit the staff logon page, using my normal logon dosen't work. beside the username field there's a suggestion to use Domain\username and i've tried cit\R00012345, cit\firstname,surname and student-CIT\those combos but it won't work. It must be a staff only offer.

bpb101 · 26-07-2015 7:14pm

mrmeindl wrote: »

With my email on check if eligible page i get

Using @student.cit.ie returns that too.

When I use my student number/name with @cit.ie pretending to be staff I get

Thats where I hit the staff logon page, using my normal logon dosen't work. beside the username field there's a suggestion to use Domain\username and i've tried cit\R00012345, cit\firstname,surname and student-CIT\those combos but it won't work. It must be a staff only offer.

Yes, basically the staff member who set it up(somebody in IT or something) only allows staff to use it.

staff numbers (if like dit) is just a number , no letters in front of it

But dit isent even bothered assigning student numbers, They just use your CAO number and slap a C or a D in front of it.

If they dont enable it , it wont work

Edit, Just noticed that the reason its probable blocked is it costing dit 2.50 a month for students and 4.50 for staff.... ah well , i pay 3000 a year

mrmeindl · 26-07-2015 7:46pm

bpb101 wrote: »

Yes, basically the staff member who set it up(somebody in IT or something) only allows staff to use it.

staff numbers (if like dit) is just a number , no letters in front of it

But dit isent even bothered assigning student numbers, They just use your CAO number and slap a C or a D in front of it.

If they dont enable it , it wont work

Edit, Just noticed that the reason its probable blocked is it costing dit 2.50 a month for students and 4.50 for staff.... ah well , i pay 3000 a year

2.50 I'd be willing to pay the college for if they set it up, I'm going to pay €75 for 4 years of 365 for 2 PCs because I'm not dealing with the hassle of using a pirated version.

bpb101 · 26-07-2015 8:48pm

mrmeindl wrote: »

2.50 I'd be willing to pay the college for if they set it up, I'm going to pay €75 for 4 years of 365 for 2 PCs because I'm not dealing with the hassle of using a pirated version.

$2.50 a month , $30 a year. (not euros btw)
i was given a copy of the old 2010 office for my laptop for free anyways , off dit , and i liked libre office , so i was never going to pay for it

893bet · 27-07-2015 12:16pm

UL accounts work perfectly.

Rockin · 28-07-2015 11:28am

anyone contacted ucc bout this?

bpb101 · 28-07-2015 11:59am

Rockin wrote: »

anyone contacted ucc bout this?

Don't think so

mrmeindl · 05-08-2015 3:55pm

Contacted the CIT IT guys, they said it wasn't a CIT product/service so they couldn't provide any assistance - so clear as mud. I just asked them if the offer was available to CIT students! I might be able to get a free copy from a sibling in UCD so I mightn't have to splash the cast at least.

bpb101 · 05-08-2015 4:18pm

mrmeindl wrote: »

Contacted the CIT IT guys, they said it wasn't a CIT product/service so they couldn't provide any assistance - so clear as mud. I just asked them if the offer was available to CIT students! I might be able to get a free copy from a sibling in UCD so I mightn't have to splash the cast at least.

They can put it on 5 pcs. Same account.

mrmeindl · 05-08-2015 4:30pm

bpb101 wrote: »

They can put it on 5 pcs. Same account.

Cheers, think she has it on 2 laptops at the moment so there should be room for my laptop & PC.

Chorus_suck · 06-08-2015 5:11pm

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06-08-2015 5:57pm

mrmeindl wrote: »

Contacted the CIT IT guys, they said it wasn't a CIT product/service so they couldn't provide any assistance - so clear as mud. I just asked them if the offer was available to CIT students! I might be able to get a free copy from a sibling in UCD so I mightn't have to splash the cast at least.

It already works with CIT accounts though, well staff ones anyway don't know about student ones.

hdowney · 14-08-2015 1:45am

Can someone tell me which email version to use for ucd? Studentnumber@ucd.ie or studentname@ucd.ie. most likely getting new laptop in the next couple days.

I only have a 2007 version on disc and the new laptop is sans disc drive

14-08-2015 12:40pm

No one from TCD has got this working have they? I tried signing up with my .tcd email but it says I already have an account, but won't accept my college password, and asks me to contact an administrator to reset the password?

I imagine they probably haven't set it up but if anyone has managed to get it I'd love to know how :P

BionicRasher · 14-08-2015 11:23pm

Working now for UCC.

TeRmInAlCrAzY · 15-08-2015 2:42am

No go for WIT

Rockin · 15-08-2015 7:54am

BionicRasher wrote: »

Working now for UCC.

Tried staff and student mail. No luck. What login are you using ?

EoghanIRL · 15-08-2015 3:25pm

BionicRasher wrote: »

Working now for UCC.

Just tried and it isn't.
Can you please give more details.
Thanks ,

Eoghan

BionicRasher · 15-08-2015 6:24pm

Rockin wrote: »

Tried staff and student mail. No luck. What login are you using ?

Ucc.ie mail address
Limited/phased rollout posibbly?

Rockin · 15-08-2015 6:29pm

BionicRasher wrote: »

Ucc.ie mail address
Limited/phased rollout posibbly?

Maybe. But neither my user@ucc.ie or Umail.ucc.ie work

Maybe your department has paid separately. If you're not on the CENTRAL domain it's likely

bpb101 · 15-08-2015 8:19pm

May be worth a mod pinning and editing as time goes on

Universitys :
TCD - Not working
Ucd- Working
Ucc-Working Now for some
Galway- Working
Maynooth-Not working
Limerick-Working
dcu- Not working

National Institutes
DIT - Working

IT's
ITT -No reports
ITB- Working
LIT -Working
Sligo-No reports
GMIT-No reports
Cork it-No reports
Carlow- Staff
Waterford- Working
AIT-No reports
Dundalk-No reports
Tralee -No reports
Letterkenny -No reports
Tipp-No reports

Others:

NCI -No reports
Iadt -No reports
Marys -No reports
Pats -No reports
Griffith -No reports

lertsnim · 16-08-2015 8:32pm

TeRmInAlCrAzY wrote: »

No go for WIT

I got it using my WIT details.

16-08-2015 8:34pm

lertsnim wrote: »

I got it using my WIT details.

Just letting people know I got it working with my WIT email also.

AlmightyCushion · 17-08-2015 3:03am

bpb101 wrote: »

May be worth a mod pinning and editing as time goes on

Universitys :
TCD - Not working
Ucd- Working
Ucc-Working Now for some
Galway- Working
Maynooth-Not working
Limerick-Working
dcu- Not working

National Institutes
DIT - Working

IT's
ITT -No reports
ITB- Working
LIT -Working
Sligo-No reports
GMIT-No reports
Cork it-No reports
Carlow- Staff
Waterford- Working
AIT-No reports
Dundalk-No reports
Tralee -No reports
Letterkenny -No reports
Tipp-No reports

Others:

NCI -No reports
Iadt -No reports
Marys -No reports
Pats -No reports
Griffith -No reports

Sligo IT definitely works for students. They sent out an email a while back telling them about it. It's using office 365 for business. You get office for 5 computers and 5 mobile devices. There is nothing in the account information about OneDrive storage however so I don't know if they get that.

bpb101 · 18-08-2015 11:01pm

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Sligo IT definitely works for students. They sent out an email a while back telling them about it. It's using office 365 for business. You get office for 5 computers and 5 mobile devices. There is nothing in the account information about OneDrive storage however so I don't know if they get that.

Almighty , can you edit my post then. Its went past the time i can do it myself

EoghanIRL · 28-08-2015 10:31am

Hey guys.
I couldn't get the UCC one working for a long time.
You have to log in at a different page than the normal one.
http://www.ucc.ie/en/sit/faq/0365/
Click on the link in step 1 and sign in using your IT account password and it works.
I was trying to log in using this link https://products.office.com/en-us/student but it kept saying I wasn't eligible.

This one is working: https://login.microsoftonline.com/

ilovesmybrick · 28-08-2015 10:38am

You're a beautiful man Eoghan, windows 10 had just made muck of my "unofficial" office software!

EoghanIRL · 28-08-2015 11:10am

ilovesmybrick wrote: »

You're a beautiful man Eoghan, windows 10 had just made muck of my "unofficial" office software!

I have been trying for months just using the wrong link!!!!
This is great it comes with lots of applications.
Saved me a fortune anyway.

mrmeindl · 28-08-2015 3:54pm

Updated list

Universitys :
TCD - Not working
Ucd- Working
Ucc-Working Now for some
Galway- Working
Maynooth-Not working
Limerick-Working
dcu- Not working

IT's
DIT - Working
ITT -No reports
ITB- Working
LIT -Working
Sligo - Working
GMIT-No reports
Cork it - Not Working
Carlow- Staff
Waterford- Working
AIT-No reports
Dundalk-No reports
Tralee -No reports
Letterkenny -No reports
Tipp-No reports

Others:

NCI -No reports
Iadt -No reports
Marys -No reports
Pats -No reports
Griffith -No reports