Microsoft offers free Office 365 subscription to Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL users

If you are looking for another reason to purchase one of Microsoft's Windows 10 Mobile flagships, the software giant has just announced that it is now offering a free, one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal to Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL users.

The offer cannot only be redeemed by new customers, but also by existing users. There is one caveat though: it only applies to users in a select number of markets. Here is what you need to know.

Microsoft says that the free, one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal, which can be purchased separately for $69.99, is valid only for Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL users in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, UK and US.

Users who qualify can open the Lumia Offers app -- Microsoft says that, if it is not pre-installed on their Lumia 950 or Lumia 950 XL it can be manually downloaded from Store -- and choose the "1 year Office 365" option from the "available offers" list. The instructions on how to claim it will be sent via the email address that is used in the Lumia Offers app.

An Office 365 Personal subscription works on one PC or Mac, one tablet and one smartphone. Microsoft supports all the major mobile platforms, so you are able to use on Android, iOS and/or Windows 10 Mobile. There is also 1 TB of OneDrive storage included, and 60 minutes of Skype calling per month to mobile phones and landlines in select countries.

This is not the first time that Microsoft has thrown in a free, one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal with the purchase of a Lumia smartphone. This offer was also extended to Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL users last year. However, at the time Microsoft was much more permissive when it came to the number of markets where users could redeem it.