Basic information

MS 365

Basic information

All university employees and students have Microsoft 365 platform tools (applications) at their disposal to use while studying and working at the university. The options available in M365 to each user depend on the type of licence they have been assigned.

By default, users are automatically assigned one of the following license types depending on the nature of their relationship with the university:

A3 Student License (Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit),

Applies to full-time and distance undergraduate and graduate students, and PhD students.

Employee A3 license (Office 365 Education A3)

Applies to employees with a valid employment contract, except those who do not use a computer for their work (e.g. some building management staff).

A1 licence (Office 365 Education A1), valid for the following groups:

Freelancers with work agreement contracts known as DPP and DPČ (unless they are also students).

Continued education courses students.

External collaborators whose form of collaboration requires access to university systems.

Everyone not belonging to any of the above mentioned groups.

The basic difference between A3 and A1 licenses is that:

A3 license allows users to use both web as well as desktop applications installed on the user's PC.

A1 license allows only work with web and mobile applications.

Detailed information on the options available under a particular licence type can be obtained from the Microsoft 365 Education website.

If a user needs to be assigned a different license other than the automatically assigned M365 license, a change must be requested at helpdesk@ftvs.cuni.cz. The request must be approved by the user's supervisor in charge of the department’s budget and the Vice Dean for Internal Affairs.