Microsoft Higher Education Solutions

BENEFITS

Discover comprehensive solutions to meet the needs of your institution

Reimagine teaching, learning, and student engagement with AI-first experiences. Microsoft Copilot and AI-enabled platforms help institutions personalize learning, support faculty productivity, and create more engaging, accessible, and scalable education models.

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Establish a secure, governed, and compliant data platform that enables responsible AI adoption. Microsoft delivers integrated security, privacy, data management, and AI governance to protect your institution while unlocking the full value of your data.

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Streamline operations and enhance student success with connected systems across the student lifecycle—from recruitment to alumni engagement. Microsoft solutions unify data, automate workflows, and improve decision-making to drive efficiency and satisfaction.

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Empower researchers with scalable cloud infrastructure, advanced AI models, and secure collaboration tools. Microsoft Azure supports breakthroughs in discovery, interdisciplinary collaboration, and global research impact.

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Products

Transform higher education teaching and learning with student-centered products and solutions

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot brings AI assistance into everyday Microsoft 365 apps—helping you save time, summarize information, and focus on higher-value work.

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Microsoft Copilot Studio

Create, customize, and launch AI agents easily.

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Microsoft Teams for Education

Create secure and collaborative virtual classrooms where everyone can stay organized and feel empowered.

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Microsoft IQ

Bring together how people work, teach, and learn, how education operates, and how to connect and reuse knowledge into a single, real-time view for your agents.

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Microsoft Fabric

Reshape how everyone accesses, manages, and acts on education data with a single, AI-powered platform.

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Power Platform

Empower faculty, staff, and students to easily build and deploy agile, flexible, transformative solutions with Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power BI.

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RESEARCH

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Research opportunity

National Institutes of Health (NIH) STRIDES initiative

NIH-funded researchers can access special discounts on Microsoft Azure services to accelerate biomedical research.

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Research opportunity

National Science Foundation (NSF) CloudBank

CloudBank provides access to Microsoft Azure for computer science research and education.

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Research opportunity

Microsoft Research fellowships

Microsoft Research offers fellowships and collaborative research opportunities across a variety of disciplines.

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Pricing for higher education

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Connect with a Microsoft Education sales specialist for more information on personalized pricing for higher education.

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Education STORIES

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Since we've deployed Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel, we've seen a dramatic ability to detect [cyberthreats] and prevent many of them before they influence our institution. So, the investment that's been made in our tooling and in our people has really paid off.

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“We’re building a culture around how to effectively use AI, and access to programs like Copilot benefits our students tremendously. We’re helping students understand that these tools both support their academic instruction and complement their professional marketability.”

Products

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“Implementing Dynamics 365 looks like being a game changer for us. It will allow us to innovate quickly, simplify our architecture, and serve our community better by delivering the right information to their fingertips when and where they need it.”

Patrick Winter, Head of Technology and Innovation, Xavier College

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“With Copilot, we're able to do things bigger, better, but also equitably across the university space. It’s changing the way we do everything, and that is a big deal.”

Tim Henkel, Assistant Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, University of South Florida

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“It was refreshing to work with a group that appreciated the needs of both the technologists and the researchers. The Microsoft Azure technology actually beat the data implementation.”

Jonathan Silverstein, Chief Research Informatics Officer, Health Sciences and Institute for Precision Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

“[P]ower Platform is … a very nimble product. It allows us to iterate and to deploy quickly with the agility you don't have when you’re using high-code solutions that have to go through bug fixes and QA before you can get them out to the users.”

Tif Vancil, Director of Communication & Collaboration Services, Southern New Hampshire University

RESOURCES

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Learn more about Microsoft solutions for higher education through trainings, white papers, and other resources.

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For education leaders

Finding High-Impact Opportunities for AI in Education

Learn how education institutions around the world are gaining business value from using AI to improve operational efficiencies and transform student experiences in this IDC infographic, sponsored by Microsoft.¹

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For IT professionals

Azure training

Grow your skills to build and manage applications in the cloud with Azure, the Microsoft AI-powered cloud computing platform.

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For education leaders

Quantifying impact of your tech investment

Dive into this white paper to better understand the value, impact, and the total cost of ownership of your tech investment.

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For education leaders

AI in Education - A Microsoft Special Report

Learn about early findings on the future of AI in education, how the community views the importance of responsible AI, and recommendations to capitalize on the opportunities ahead.

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Next steps

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Reimagine student experiences and streamline operations with Microsoft Azure

Use powerful tools in Azure to help your IT team modernize operations, prepare for growth, and embrace AI integration within your institution.

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Explore insights from the AI in Education Report

The swift rise of generative AI is reshaping how schools approach creation, problem-solving, learning, and communication. Explore the key takeaways from Microsoft, partner, and academia research about the future of AI and education.

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Strengthen security and prepare your institution for AI

Security is foundational to creating an uninterrupted learning environment. As your school adopts new technology, strong protective measures will help keep your data safe.

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Power the future of higher education with Microsoft

Discover comprehensive solutions to meet the needs of your institution

Transform learning with AI-powered experiences

Build a trusted, AI-ready data foundation

Modernize campus operations and student lifecycle

Accelerate research and innovation at scale

Transform higher education teaching and learning with student-centered products and solutions

Microsoft 365 Education

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Microsoft Teams for Education

Microsoft IQ

Microsoft Fabric

Power Platform

Explore research opportunities

National Institutes of Health (NIH) STRIDES initiative

National Science Foundation (NSF) CloudBank

Microsoft Research fellowships

Get started with Microsoft for Education

Explore education stories

Since we've deployed Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel, we've seen a dramatic ability to detect [cyberthreats] and prevent many of them before they influence our institution. So, the investment that's been made in our tooling and in our people has really paid off.

“We’re building a culture around how to effectively use AI, and access to programs like Copilot benefits our students tremendously. We’re helping students understand that these tools both support their academic instruction and complement their professional marketability.”

“Implementing Dynamics 365 looks like being a game changer for us. It will allow us to innovate quickly, simplify our architecture, and serve our community better by delivering the right information to their fingertips when and where they need it.”

“With Copilot, we're able to do things bigger, better, but also equitably across the university space. It’s changing the way we do everything, and that is a big deal.”

“It was refreshing to work with a group that appreciated the needs of both the technologists and the researchers. The Microsoft Azure technology actually beat the data implementation.”

“[P]ower Platform is … a very nimble product. It allows us to iterate and to deploy quickly with the agility you don't have when you’re using high-code solutions that have to go through bug fixes and QA before you can get them out to the users.”

Explore Microsoft Education resources

Finding High-Impact Opportunities for AI in Education

Azure training

Quantifying impact of your tech investment

AI in Education - A Microsoft Special Report

Advance your institution with Microsoft Education

Reimagine student experiences and streamline operations with Microsoft Azure

Explore insights from the AI in Education Report

Strengthen security and prepare your institution for AI

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