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Sunday, February 4, 2018 7:42 AM | 1 vote
Hi, I am a student, and I "purchased" Windows 10 Education from my school's Imagine Premium store. I previously read that the Education version is very similar in features to the Enterprise version. Since I am studying in the IT field, I decided that I would like to try the Education version for this reason. I am currently attempting to install the software within VMware Workstation 14 to test it before installing it onto my primary hardware. During setup/installation, I am prompted to login using a school or work account. There does not seem to be any option to use my personal Microsoft account. If I try entering my personal account credentials, I get the message "This doesn't look like a work or school email address. Use another email address or set up Windows with a local account." Using a local account is not what I'm looking for.
On a previous installation, I went into System Properties and clicked on Network ID. I then chose "This is a home computer; it's not part of a business network". It prompted to reboot to apply changes, which I did. After the reboot, nothing had changed and I was still required to use a school or work account. Logging into my personal home computer with my school account is unacceptable. I did not see this limitation anywhere when I was reading about the Education version and making a decision about going with either Pro or Education. I have also been led to believe that the Windows 10 license obtained through Imagine does not expire upon the changing of my student status. If the Education license is somehow tied to my school account, how would that even work? Is there some way that I can log in with my personal account?
Why would I want to log in to my personal computer with my school credentials? Is there any benefit to this? What about accessing resources that are tied to my personal credentials? If using my personal account is not possible, is there a way to have my Education license invalidated and removed from my Imagine account? I don't want it if I am forced to use school credentials. I'd rather have it invalidated so I can go back to the store and get the Pro key instead. I think the licensing terms could stand to be explained much more clearly when one is making this decision.
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Monday, October 15, 2018 2:45 AM ✅Answered
This response may be too late, and I wasn't able to truly resolve it anyway. I eventually gave up. I couldn't find anyone that seems to understand how the Education edition license works, including anyone from Microsoft or anywhere online. Rather than waste an inordinate amount of time on it during a school semester when I should be working on homework and studying, I ended up buying a Pro license from Microsoft using a friends and family pass from my landlord that works for Microsoft. I was able to get it at a substantial discount, and this was preferable to wasting time trying to resolve the Education edition issue. Sorry that I can't provide an actual resolution.
Monday, February 5, 2018 2:16 PM
Hi,
Group policy could be configure to block Microsoft account under：Disable it to allow Microsoft account.
Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options-》Accounts: Block Microsoft accounts
Please login with Local administrator account and check this GPO.
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Monday, February 5, 2018 4:37 PM | 1 vote
Thanks for the reply. That particular option was set to "not configured", which means Microsoft accounts are allowed. After looking at that, I tried to add a new user with a Microsoft account (post installation), and that works. I'm still unsure of how the operating system is connected or tied into my school. For example, when I set a login PIN for the new user (Microsoft account) it says that my organization requires a minimum PIN length of 6 characters. I need to understand what the relationship is with my school, and I need to disconnect my personally owned computer from the school. The school should not be dictating how I log into my own equipment from home. The Windows 10 Pro license doesn't appear to be connected to the school in any way. I've only had this issue with the Education license. What happens when I graduate and my account on the school network is deactivated or deleted? Do I suddenly lose the ability to use the operating system?
Friday, February 9, 2018 6:25 AM
Hi,
This article with help you to know more about work or school account. In summary, it's like cloud based AD account.
It's like subscription user to activate Windows, to know how it's going on when you graduated, please contact activation center to know details. It depends on the SA you signed when buying the licensing.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-sg/Licensing/existing-customer/activation-centers.aspx
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Monday, June 11, 2018 6:37 AM
How did you end up resolving this? If you are still using this edition, what other restrictions have you encountered?
Monday, February 3, 2020 4:04 AM
Hi There!
What you can do is to create a local account rather than school or university account and make an administrator as well, later on login to the local account and over there try to connect new microsoft account which allows you to add your personal emai.
After you have added your personal account, now you have three options available:
1-Personal Microsoft account(Admin)
2-Local account(Admin)
3-School or University account (admin)
from either first or second acconts you can change the school one to standard account, and dont worry about the graduation time because if they either disable your email or delete it your data will be saved and your computer will run without problems using your personal microsoft account.
Thank you,
Sunday, February 23, 2020 1:36 AM
I know this is quite late but I found a solution to your problem today when I had to reinstall Windows and I chose to install the Education edition only to find out that you can't log in with a personal account.
Backstory: Originally I had unactivated Windows 10 Pro with my personal account and I got an Education key for free from OnTheHub so I just activated it in the settings and thought nothing of the message saying it was linked as a digital license.
Fast forward to today, I try and install Education edition to use my digital license and I couldn't log in with my personal Microsoft account. So I installed Pro, logged in with my personal account and set up Windows, then activated using the Education key and that changed the line that said "Windows 10 Pro" to "Windows 10 Education." That seems to be the only way I've seen so far to use a personal Microsoft account with an Education license.