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Free Windows 10 Education for Students (Even after You Graduate) @ OnTheHub

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Free Windows 10 Education for Students (Even after You Graduate) @ OnTheHub
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ts13 on 02/08/2019 - 23:29 onthehub.com (14789 clicks)
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Previous deal is well over 12 months old, and I think we are overdue for a reminder. Furthermore, a few things have changed since 2017, so this may not even be classified as a dupe in the first place.

What's new?

Firstly, this license lasts in perpetuity,

With more features than ever, like Windows Ink, Paint 3D, and mixed reality, Windows 10 Education is Microsoft’s most robust version yet — and it’s yours, even after you graduate.

and unlike Office 365 which will only last for four years, this will be linked to your Microsoft Account forever. To my understanding, this may also be transferrable as it is linked to your Microsoft Account (and it is definitely not an OEM license / fixed to hardware).

Microsoft also advertises that Windows 10 Education has more features than even Windows 10 Pro. Cortana is now included where it was not before. I believe it is still mass licensed, similar to an enterprise agreement, and thus, it has some enterprise features that Windows 10 Pro does not have.
Where Office 365 is available to any student (or teacher) with a .edu email address, similar offers for free Windows 10 seemed to be limited to whichever schools (or in my university's case, sub-faculties) were willing to pay for an enterprise license.
Now it seems that Windows 10 Education is much more accessible, and is no longer limited by such enterprise licenses, and may even be as widely available as Office 365.

Hope this helps people, as many people seem to be building PCs right now! This is exactly how I found about this, having trouble transferring my digital license, and then discovering I could just obtain a free license code for being a student. I'd be curious to know if any students have eligibility issues now, so let me know in the comments. I know previously, my university offered free Office, but not Windows unless you were in specific faculties like computer science, or engineering.

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  • UrbanLegend on 04/08/2019 - 01:28
    +1

    I bought a dodgy Win10 Pro key (~$5) off eBay with the aim of claiming a refund if it didn't work. However, it worked fine.

    Surprisingly, when I had to reinstall Win10, it automatically activated itself the moment I signed in with my MS account. So I am guessing once you get hold of a key and use it under your MS account, Windows is activated forever under that account. No more keys needed.

    • SJDR on 04/08/2019 - 21:38

      Do you know the seller name?
      Im looking for one that works.

    • Borg on 04/08/2019 - 21:45
      +1

      Problem with a lots of those cheapie dodgy keys is that they can and do expire. One day you may well get a "Activate Windows" pop up. Could be now or in a year. Have seen plenty of these Keys expire as they are Enterprise licences that are sold on and expire at the end of the Enterprise agreement (or thats my take on it). I have however had to sort clients to stupidly purchased via Ebay.

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 09/08/2019 - 14:28

        Correct. Most keys are pinched from workplace licensing schemes or old MSDN accounts. One day they'll simply stop working. Could be tomorrow. Could be 5 years.

  • laurie-oa on 05/08/2019 - 08:40

    Depending on your course you can get a ton more, as an IT grad I got 10 Education, Windows Server, Server Datacenter, SQL Server, VMWare ESXi host and more. It's like 40 grands worth of software.

  • Hoju on 19/08/2019 - 20:45

    Dammit

    I just updated this and got excited

    Lost my network adapter and wifi

    It seems it's a common problem and the only solution is a roll back to windows 8 arhjghghg

    • Hoju on 21/08/2019 - 05:54

      Addit after much googling and time wasting the solution was to install the 8.1 drivers from the manufacturer website, not the 10 ones

    • BooYa on 07/09/2019 - 08:18

      I still use Windows 7 for most things.

      Windows 10 really feels like a Beta to me.

      There's so little attention to detail that, as an example, the Help buttons on Windows 10 offer a tiny fraction of the information you'd see on Windows 7.

      Also, there are spelling mistakes in the help articles.

      I suspect that if they didn't even bother to run a spell check on their text files that they were not big on quality control with this Windows version.

      And because Windows 8 was such a disaster they were forced to release it earlier than they planned, but considering that they always planned to release it with a subscription, they probably planned to polish it up later, and a bit at a time (but it still feels like a stripped down version, or Windows 'Lite', to me).

  • vovka on 27/08/2019 - 16:42
    +1

    "Windows 10 Education has more features than even Windows 10 Pro"
    Now they call bloatware - features.

  • BooYa on 07/09/2019 - 08:09

    I had a MSDN account and one other that I can't remember now (I think one was for developers and the other for professional or enterprise users or something like that).

    I didn't have to do anything except sign up for free, and I had access to all Microsoft software, including beta etc, and I got first unlimited then a few activation keys for Windows.

    I haven't used them for several years now, I'm not sure if you can still sign up for those free.

    I'll try in a few days, and I'll try to remember to post here if it works.

  • NeoBeum on 12/09/2019 - 05:43
    +3

    If I post a guide for people to access the azure portal using a .edu.au mail address, can an admin add it to the original post?

    It'll include how to access if the school isn't listed, and the work around to use the email instead of institution.

    • PoorStudent on 21/09/2019 - 21:39
      +1

      I'll be interested in the guide. Thanks

    • d123 on 22/09/2019 - 08:49

      Me too

    • d123 on 26/10/2019 - 16:56

      Hi NeoBeum, Can you post the guide here please? I'm keen to get Windows 10.

    • ts13 on 27/10/2019 - 20:45
      +1

      if you write the Guide, I can edit the post and update it (if my permissions allow me too). Just reply to this thread, or DM me if I don't see it.

    • Agret on 27/10/2019 - 21:30

      How is your guide coming along?

    • Agret on 05/02/2020 - 00:18

      Any luck with your guide?

    • sakurakiks on 08/06/2020 - 21:50

      I would like this too!
      Managed to get into Azure portal (UTS Alumni), but could only see 5 items in Education and no Windows keys. Made the free Azure for students account and went back and that brought the number of items to 20 or so but still no Windows 10. Not sure at what step I went wrong..!

    • Nom on 20/08/2020 - 14:09

      @NeoBeum

      If I post a guide for people to access the azure portal using a .edu.au mail address, can an admin add it to the original post?

      Yep !

      It'll include how to access if the school isn't listed, and the work around to use the email instead of institution.

      Great. It's been almost a year, are you nearly finished ?

      😁😁

  • Anonymous User on 27/10/2019 - 20:44

    none for Central Queensland University

  • AussieDaddy on 14/11/2019 - 02:37

    Just passing by…

  • kc7 on 20/08/2020 - 04:54

    Self reminder

  • kkkkkkkat on 08/12/2020 - 17:42

    Well this sucks, there's no windows 10 education for UTS students.

  • Jhonka on 12/03/2021 - 08:55

    Microsoft have removed all their products from nsw onthehub.

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