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Student offer

chris martin 0

My Microsoft 365 renewed but I am now a student and wanted to secure the discount available or free use of Microsoft whilst studying but every avenue I went down resulted in a dead end of understanding on how to do this and I was subsequently charged.

How do I access the discounted student offer and get a refund on the difference?

Move from: Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For education | Windows

Francesco Bedini Jacobini (MCT) 86 Reputation points

2026-03-16T13:37:15.7333333+00:00

Hi Chris, what is the type of student offer given to you? There is an offer called Home Use Program where employees can get M365 at a discounted price if their employer signed up for for it.

Schools on the other hand typically offer the Business flavour of Microsoft 365 which is different from the personal or family options, and you cannot apply their value to get refunded from the existing one.

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Francesco Bedini Jacobini (MCT) 86 Reputation points

2026-03-16T13:37:15.7333333+00:00

Hi Chris, what is the type of student offer given to you? There is an offer called Home Use Program where employees can get M365 at a discounted price if their employer signed up for for it.

Schools on the other hand typically offer the Business flavour of Microsoft 365 which is different from the personal or family options, and you cannot apply their value to get refunded from the existing one.

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Hello chris martin,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum!

I understand that you are having issue with subscription and refund. I truly understand how you feel. Let me assist you further.

It can't be converted or retroactively discount an already‑renewed Microsoft 365 Personal/Family subscription into a Student/Education plan. Education plans are separate products (Microsoft 365 Education A1/A3/A5 or the student free offer) and cannot be applied as a price difference refund to a personal subscription.

If you are looking for refunding, I suggest you contact the Microsoft Customer Service team directly for the best assistance. Please understand for me that I would like to help you. But this community is a user-to-user forum, and I don't have access to the user's data and I'm not authorized to do so.

To contact Microsoft Support:

Visit this site: Contact – Microsoft Support
Type Contact in the search box.
Now, click on Get Help and select Contact Support or enter below to contact support.
Go to the Products & Services tab and choose the Microsoft 365 & Office category.
On the Category tab, choose Manage my subscription.
Go to Confirm.
You can now choose the Chat with a support agent option in your web browser.

The following images indicate in detail the steps to contact them:

Please note that the chat support team only works during certain working hours. Therefore, if the last window indicates that you are unavailable, try opening it again the next day. If you prefer phone support, you can leave a phone number. That way, they can call you and help you.

To refund and check for refund eligible you can refer to this website, follow the steps instruction:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/how-to-get-a-refund-on-a-microsoft-subscription-67dca30b-b323-44d5-acc2-e02f9902c472

I hope this will help with your situation. Please feel free to reach back if you have further update or more questions.

Best Regards,

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