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It has formerly been known as '''Microsoft Imagine''', '''DreamSpark''' and '''MSDN-AA'''.

Azure Dev Tools for Teaching (previously known as Microsoft Imagine Standard and Premium) is a subscription-based offering for accredited schools and departments providing access to tools commonly used in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. It providesgives professional developerteachers and designerstudents tools, software, and services from Microsoft tothat facultyare used by professional developers and studentsdesigners.

Many academic institutions provide information and resources for Azure Dev Tools for teaching and Azure for studentstudents under their academic IT Services support pages; see the following example from Universitya university from around the world .

1. [[University of Pittsburgh]]<ref>Example from University of Pittsburgh https://www.technology.pitt.edu/software/microsoft-azure-dev</ref>

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==History==

All Studentstudents get access to Cloud resources and Azure credit. student must register at the Microsoft Azure for Student <ref>Azure for Students https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/</ref> and verify their identity through their verified educational institutions. If an institution is not listed on the available list, the user may manually verify their student status by uploading a proof such as an ID card.<ref name="azure.microsoft.com">Azure for Student FAQ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/free-account-students-faq/</ref>

The Microsoft student developer tools programme was announced by [[Bill Gates]] as DreamSpark on February 20, 2008 during a speech at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2008/02/18/microsoft-gives-students-access-to-technical-software-at-no-charge-to-inspire-success-and-make-a-difference/|title=Microsoft Gives Students Access to Technical Software at No Charge to Inspire Success and Make a Difference|date=18 February 2008|website=Stories}}</ref> It is estimated that up to 35 million students will be able to access these software titles through this program.<ref name="webpronews">[http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/02/19/microsoft-dreamspark-ignites-interest Microsoft DreamSpark Ignites Interest | WebProNews<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227063647/http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/02/19/microsoft-dreamspark-ignites-interest |date=2008-02-27 }}</ref> The service was renamed to Microsoft Imagine on September 7, 2016, to better align with the annual [[Imagine Cup]] competition hosted by Microsoft.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tarui|first1=Hideto|title=マイクロソフト、学生支援プログラム"DreamSpark"を"Microsoft Imagine"へ改名|url=http://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1016602.html|website=Windows Forest|access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref> and renamed to Azure Dev Tools for Teaching and Azure for Students in June 2018