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Beginning 1 July 2025, Microsoft will no longer offer donated licences for its Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 plans. If you have either of those licence types, you will soon need to move to a different Microsoft Cloud plan or find an alternative productivity solution. Here's what you should know.

Adobe Flash Professional CC is the latest version of Adobe's multimedia authoring program, which not-for-profits can use to create interactive and animated vector content for applications, games, mobile apps and more. Important note: A named license means that you can assign it to a “user”. That user can access the license on any device they wish to use it from i.e. a laptop or a desktop. A device license means you assign it to a device (a laptop or computer) and cannot be used on multiple machines. 

Dropbox Advanced is an online file sharing, content and team management, and collaboration service. This offer provides access to a 40 percent discount on an annual subscription to the Dropbox Advanced plan for a minimum of three users at Dropbox's current rates. After you request this offer through Connecting Up / TechSoup New Zealand, you'll pay Dropbox directly for the discounted subscription for each user. See the Details and Service Costs section for more information. Benefits for Organisations You can use Dropbox Advanced to

Adobe After Effects CC is motion graphics software that integrates with Adobe Premiere Pro CC and other programs in Adobe Creative Cloud. Important note: A named license means that you can assign it to a “user”. That user can access the license on any device they wish to use it from i.e. a laptop or a desktop. A device license means you assign it to a device (a laptop or computer) and cannot be used on multiple machines.  Not-for-profit organisations can use Adobe After Effects CC to create animations and titles for videos, keying for editing green screen video, and even digital visual effects.

Autodesk® Media & Entertainment Collection is software for creating 3D animations and effects. This donation provides a one-year subscription to the Media & Entertainment Collection for one user to install and run the software on a single computer and 25 GB of A360 cloud storage. This collection includes Maya®, 3ds Max®, Mudbox®, and other applications. See a full list of software included with this collection. Benefits for Organisations If you have experience with 3D modeling, sculpting, motion capture editing, advanced character animation, and visual effects, you can use the Media & Entertainment Collection to design and create 3D entertainment content and provide entertainment creation training to constituents.