Microsoft is giving away three free months of Office 365 to college students.
CNET reports that, Microsoft offers students an extra three months for sharing the deal on Facebook. That’s a total of six free months of Office 365 for a few minutes of your time.
To sign up, you’ll need an .edu e-mail address, and you’ll have to create a Microsoft account. Office 365 University will cost students $79.99 for a four-year subscription; you’ll also get 20GB on SkyDrive to store your files in the cloud to collaborate with your classmates on projects, as well as 60 minutes of Skype per month. Moreover, students can renew the offer one time, so in total they could theoretically get eight years of Office 365 for just $160.
Students can register for the trial at
Microsoft's site.