April 2025 M365 Education Update

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🎓 What’s New in Microsoft 365 for Education? Key Updates for MSPs Supporting Schools and Institutions

As educational institutions continue to evolve their digital learning environments, Microsoft 365 for Education is rolling out a fresh wave of updates — and it’s packed with features MSPs should keep on their radar. From AI-enhanced teaching tools to smarter storage policies, here’s what’s new and what it means for your education-sector clients.

1. Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Education

AI is going to school — literally.

Microsoft is introducing tailored Copilot experiences for educators and students. Here’s what’s coming:

• For Educators: A guided content creation tool will help build assignments, rubrics, and lesson plans quickly — ideal for time-strapped teachers.

• For Students: New interactive practice experiences will focus on critical thinking and self-paced knowledge testing.

🧪 MSP Tip: These features are heading into private preview soon. Ensure your EDU clients are enrolled in the Microsoft 365 Education preview programs to stay ahead.

2. New Learning Accelerators: Speaker Progress & Math Progress

Microsoft is bolstering its analytics-driven learning tools with two new additions:

• Speaker Progress: Supports student development in oral presentations and public speaking.

• Math Progress: Tracks how students solve problems, helping teachers pinpoint where support is needed.

🔍 MSP Tip: Encourage schools to integrate Learning Accelerators into Teams and Class Notebooks to extract measurable learning data that aligns with modern pedagogical goals.

3. Clipchamp Video Editing Comes to A3 and A5 Plans

Clipchamp, Microsoft’s beginner-friendly video editor, is now included with Microsoft 365 Education A3 and A5 licenses.

This addition allows students and teachers to create engaging video content right from their browsers — a boost for flipped classrooms and creative assessments.

🎮 MSP Tip: Verify licensing and enable Clipchamp through Microsoft Admin Center so users can start producing content immediately.

4. New Pooled Storage Model (Effective August 1, 2024)

Storage just got smarter. Microsoft is shifting from individual allocations to a pooled storage model:

• Base: 100TB per EDU tenant across OneDrive, SharePoint, and Exchange.

• Additional: +50GB per A3 license / +100GB per A5 license.

📦 MSP Tip: Run storage audits now. Help your clients clean up stale data and prepare for the August deadline to avoid storage sprawl issues.

5. Retirement of Office 365 A1 Plus – January 2025

Heads-up: Microsoft is officially retiring the Office 365 A1 Plus program.

Schools using A1 Plus must transition to standard Education SKUs (A1, A3, or A5) before the deadline to maintain service continuity.

⚠️ MSP Tip: Proactively review your clients' subscriptions. Provide licensing migration roadmaps to avoid disruptions and streamline compliance.

🎓 Practical Takeaway for MSPs

These updates signal Microsoft’s deepening investment in AI-driven, student-centered education. For MSPs supporting K-12 and higher education, this is the perfect time to:

• Guide institutions through licensing changes.

• Enable new productivity and learning tools.

• Reassess data storage strategies ahead of policy shifts.

📚 Need help navigating Microsoft 365 for Education? Let’s talk licensing, deployment, and enablement strategies tailored for your EDU clients.

Until next time — stay compliant, stay collaborative, and don’t let your Teams become a class clown.