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School procurement: Microsoft memorandum of understanding

How the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Microsoft and the Department for Education can benefit schools.

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This MoU between Microsoft and the Department for Education (DfE) allows all schools in the UK to take advantage of discounts and better licensing terms across a range of Microsoft academic software.

This agreement ends on 1 July 2018.

The MoU with Microsoft is not contractually binding and schools are under no obligation to use Microsoft products.

Updates to this page

Published 1 March 2014
Last updated 19 January 2016 + show all updates
  1. Replaced document to reflect the latest agreement with Microsoft.

  2. First published.

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