Are you secretly wishing to have a free Xbox Live Gold membership?

Microsoft is currently offering a free Xbox Live Gold membership but only if you will subscribe to the company's Office 365 Subscription plan. But before you get the free Xbox Live Gold membership, which will run for a year, here are some things to know first about the Office 365 Subscription plan.

Office 365 Home Premium requires an annual subscription fee of $79.99.  This will allow the owners to install its Microsoft Office Client on up to 5 PCs and Macs each year. The Home Premium Plan is offered as an "alternative to buying Office outright and offers various cloud-based functions," as reported by MCV UK.

The free Xbox Live Gold Membership deal is also available for those who will sign up for the 4-year Office 365 University Subscription. Customers who decide to get the plan from July 18 to September 28 will be able to get its code for the free Xbox Live Gold membership by October 31. Bear in mind that the code will only be valid for the account which was used to register for Microsoft's Office 365. To set uo Office 365, they will need to sign in with their Microsoft account by setting up email and password

The Office 365 deal which involves one year of free Xbox Live Gold membership is offered in various countries such as US, UK, Europe and South America.

Currently, Microsoft's Xbox Live is also offering its promotion of its own called the Games with Gold program, where Xbox Live Gold members can earn 2 free games every month. This offering will run until the next-generation of gaming console, the Xbox One, arrives in the market this November.

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