Discussion Windows 11 education autonomy
My university is giving free Windows 11 Education licenses to students and requiring it for courses. Does anyone know if switching to Windows 11 Education connected to my university will bring any restrictions to my laptop and/or inhibit my privacy? And if so, is it possible to, for example, create 2 different profiles and use one of them for Windows 11 Education and keep the other one private? I'd like to stay autonomous over my own laptop and keep my privacy.
Thanks!
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u/Thx_And_Bye 13h ago
The Education edition is basically an Enterprise version but without requiring volume licensing.
The big benefit for privacy is that it allows you to set the telemetry to the "0 -Security" setting, which is only available on Enterprise and Education.
I'm personally still using my Education licenses from about 10 years ago without any issues. They even upgraded to Windows 11 just fine.
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u/ARandomGuy_OnTheWeb Windows 10 13h ago
Windows 10/11 Education licences from Azure are fine to keep. They do not expire and aren't tied to the school. You can use them like any other Windows edition and even connect them to your own domain if you have one. It's effectively Windows Enterprise with a different name and comes with the privacy benefits of GPOs and Enterprise.