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Empower students and educators with Microsoft Teams for schools

Microsoft Teams for education is a powerful communication app for schools that enhances collaboration and learning. It integrates everyone and everything in one place, and it’s free for students and teachers of all grade levels with a valid email address.

Collaborate seamlessly

Microsoft Teams for schools makes it easy for educators to set up virtual classrooms, keep assignments organised, and collaborate on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in real-time.

Support inclusivity

Supplement your in-classroom activities with personalised tools designed to accommodate the diverse learning styles of every student, from primary school through university.

Communicate securely

Reach out to students, staff, parents, and guardians in a secure digital environment—including video conferencing and supervised messaging for students.

Connect, collaborate, and educate,
all in one place

Encourage independent learning

Access personalised tools that allow students to practice and learn on their own–with help from our AI-assisted digital learning coaches and built-in progress trackers.

  • Build literacy confidence with Reading Progress
  • Improve public speaking skills with Presenter Coach
  • Sharpen professional expertise with Career Coach
  • Track each student’s progress with Education Insights

Develop social skills

Support students’ emotional and social well-being and provide a safe space to navigate feelings with age-appropriate activities that promote social-emotional learning (SEL).

  • Check in on students’ emotional states with Reflect
  • Bring emotions to life with the Feelings Monster
  • Have fun with ready-to-play social-emotional learning (SEL) games in Kahoot!

Go beyond the classroom

Use Microsoft Teams for education to bridge the gap between educational and professional environments with hands-on learning tools that help students succeed in the classroom and beyond.

  • Submit, save, and extract information from handwritten notes and assignments with Office Lens
  • Divide students into smaller breakout rooms for ice breakers, exam prep, discussions, or group work
  • Use the Assignments and Grades feature to assign tasks, quiz students, use grading rubrics, and track individual and class-wide achievements over time

Address learning barriers

Implement proven techniques that make the educational experience more accessible and inclusive for all students regardless of their age, language, fluency, or abilities.

  • Get access to sign language visibility features, text decoding solutions, and much more with Immersive Reader
  • Translate lectures or lessons into a student’s language of choice with OneNote Live Captions

Start using Microsoft Teams for education today

Use Teams for free

Students and teachers from primary school to the collegiate level can use Teams for no cost with an eligible active school email.

Do more with Microsoft 365

Explore a range of affordable pricing plans and get access to even more of Microsoft’s education apps, tools, and services.

Access files from anywhere

With Teams + Office 365, you can sync up all your apps, documents, and resources in one secure location.

  • Co-author Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on any device
  • Get creative and visualise ideas on Whiteboard
  • Search and share lesson plans and assignments with OneNote

Integrate into your LMS

Incorporate Microsoft’s suite of educational tools directly into your school’s learning management systems (LMS).

  • Bring Office 365 into your workflows with OneDrive LTI
  • Manage and join meetings with Teams Meetings LTI
  • Sync with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and more

Trusted by 270k+ educational organizations

Make the most of Teams

Learn how to use key Teams features like Whiteboard, polling, Spotlight, and more.

How-tos

Watch step-by-step tutorials on how to use a range of Teams features.

Interactive demos

Get hands-on experience with all of Microsoft’s Education tools.

Teams hub

Find resources and trainings for how to use Teams to help improve student outcomes.

Getting started guide

Students, teachers, and parents alike can learn how to use Teams in a few simple steps.

Education support centre

Get answers to your questions, find best practices, and learn from the Microsoft Education community.

Microsoft support

Find help with all things related to Microsoft products, apps, software, and services.

Microsoft Education communities and programs

Connect with a global community dedicated to improving distance learning with help from peers and experts.

Frequently asked questions

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Explore more of Microsoft

Go beyond Teams with a suite of solutions.

Learn more about Microsoft 365