Microsoft 365 A5 for faculty is designed for large organizations and integrates Office 365 Enterprise A5, Windows 10 Enterprise, and Enterprise Mobility + Security to empower employees to be creative and work together, securely. The comprehensive set of services range from Office apps like Word and Excel, to robust security, mobile device management, and identity and access management. Microsoft 365 A5 makes safety a priority with Microsoft Defender, and adds Microsoft’s most robust security, mobility, management, and compliance to your school subscription. This solution includes all of the teaching and learning features of Microsoft 365 A3.
Faculty/Students In order to purchase Microsoft education SKUs, customers must meet the qualifications described in the Microsoft Qualified Education User Definition document. There are separate versions for academic customers in the
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Canada. Microsoft Security Defaults Microsoft began turning Security Defaults on for all net new customer tenants on Feb. 29, 2020, and as a result, multifactor authentication (MFA) is turned on for those customers. Generally, the Security Defaults are only a hard requirement for Partner tenants and not customer tenants. To turn the Defaults off for your customer, go to Admin Centers>Azure Active Directory>Azure Active Directory (Again)>Properties>Manage Security Defaults>Toggle to No. Click
here for more detailed overview and considerations around SMTP relay, MFA enforcements, Exchange Online Power shell scripts and a full FAQ.
Important Change of Channel Information Partners who are moving customers and subscriptions from another distributor to Pax8 should review the
Pax8 Change of Channel Guide for importing customers and subscriptions.
