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Giveaway – Microsoft Office 365 Home For 1 Year! #GearUp #BacktoSchool #WindowsChampions

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Office 365 Home’s is normally $99.99 for a year’s subscription, and can be installed on up to 5 computers and up to 5 tablets (so 10 devices total). Don’t forget that OneNote, is THE note-taking app for students, this is great information for them as they go back to school! Office 365 also comes with up to 5 OneDrive accounts with a terabyte of storage each (that’s 1,000 gigs) so each family member can keep their important documents, videos, music and photos in the cloud and access them anywhere.

Top 5 Tips for Back to School on a Budget

  1. Get Office 365 University: $79.99 USD for a four-year subscription (in case you don;t win this one for your student!)
    At just $1.67 per month, college and university students can’t afford not to get Office 365 University. Get the latest Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook) for two devices, including PCs, Macs, iPads, or Windows tablets. A subscription also includes 1 TB of OneDrive storage, and 60 minutes of Skype PC-to-phone world calling per month. 
  1. Download OneNote: Free app for most popular computers, tablets, and phones and on the web
    This year, make OneNote the single place for all your notes and information. With this digital notebook you can type, handwrite, paste and insert class notes and research anywhere, and organize them in notebooks and sections that are automatically saved and searchable. Additionally, it’s easy to share and collaborate with classmates for team projects and group assignments. 
  1. Keep it in OneDrive: Free app for most popular computers, tablets, and phones and on the web
    Here are five reasons to cross that USB-drive off your shopping list and use OneDrive:  1) You get 15 GB of cloud storage for free; 2) You can’t lose OneDrive; 3) You can easily store and share photos, videos, documents, and more; 4) You can access OneDrive on any device; 5) You get 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage with an Office 365 Home or University subscription. 1 TB is the equivalent to approximately 50,000 trees made into paper and printed. That’s a lot of trees! 
  1. Use Office Online: Free on the web
    Who said nothing in life is free? Office Online offers free web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that let you create, view, edit, and share documents, spreadsheets, presentations and notes. The best part is, no one needs an Office 365 subscription to work together on a team projects. With Office Online, students can collaborate on group assignments more easily, and parents can share the carpool schedule without having to send bulky attachments. 
  1. Take the Acer Aspire Switch 10 to class: $379 USD
    Not only does this device save you some serious cash, it’s the ultimate convertible of PCs. Rain or shine, it can be used in four modes – use it as a tablet, notebook or put it in tent mode to watch movies, or give a presentation. Not to mention, it’s compact and sleek so you can rest assured you got good looking device at a screaming deal.

GIVEAWAY:

One lucky reader of the GayNYCDad award winning blog, will receive Microsoft Office 365 Home For 1 Year, for Up To 5 PC’s or Macs! $100 Value!

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You must leave a separate comment in the comments field for each entry that you make to be entered! If you are already any of these things, to enter just leave a separate comment reminding me of that! Contest ends midnight, August 31, 2014. Prizes must be claimed within 48 hours. Maximum winnings of 2 giveaways per every 90 days. See official rules for more information.

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Thanks and good-luck.

Disclosure: I am a Microsoft Windows Ambassador. I received no other compensation for this post. All opinions are always 100% honest and my own.

And here are some tips for keeping your account safe when you travel:

1. Add security info, and keep it up-to-date – One of the most important things you can do to help protect your account is to add security information, i.e. a mobile phone number or alternative email addresses. Attempts to enter your account with an incorrect password, or from an unknown location, will require you to verify ownership; something that’s likely to occur while you’re traveling. With security info in place, you simply need to verify ownership using the unique code sent to your mobile phone or email account. This helps keep you in control of your account, while keeping the bad guys out. Go ahead and add multiple phone numbers and email accounts if you’d like, and if you’ve already added security information to your account, just make sure it’s up-to-date.

2. Install an identity verification app before you travel – For those times when you’re traveling out of cell phone range or set your device to airplane mode, you can use an identity verification app to access your account. Identity verification apps use industry-standard security code generation, and work with various other services and providers. To get the app, go to your Microsoft account security settings page at account.live.com/proofs/manage, and click ‘Set up’ under “Identity Verification Apps.” Details can be found here.

3. Travel with your own device – In today’s digital world, it’s pretty common to use technology while traveling. It’s a great way to stay connected, watch movies, play games, check-in for flights, and more. If this sounds familiar, and if you use services attached to your Microsoft account while away from home, then we recommend traveling with a personal device whenever possible. It’s more secure than a public computer, and Microsoft is far more likely to recognize the device, greatly reducing the chances of you having to verify you’re the rightful account owner.


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    Nicole Flynn says

    Oh, I commented on the @Disney Frozen post from yesterday, August 21, 2014. ( I didn’t even realize it was an extra entry at the time, btw Frozen is my 5 year old’s favorite Disney movie)

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