Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching: Difference between revisions

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{{Short description|Developer tools for teachers Azure cloud application}}

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==History==

To register, students must visit the Microsoft Imagine website 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.{{cncitation needed|date=March 2019}}

The Microsoft Imagine program was announced by [[Bill Gates]] as DreamSpark on February 20, 2008 during a speech at [[Stanford University]].<ref name="pcworld" /><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 free of charge 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”"DreamSpark"を“Microsoft"Microsoft Imagine”Imagine"へ改名|url=http://forest.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1016602.html|website=Windows Forest|accessdate=9 September 2016}}</ref>

===Repacked as Azure Dev Tools for Teaching===

The Microsoft Imagine offering Azure Dev Tools for Teaching on 13 February 2019{{cncitation needed|date=March 2019}} with hosting provided on the [[Microsoft Azure|Microsoft Azure cloud]] and incorporating Microsoft Learn.<ref name="UMASS"/>

==Verification==

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* Windows Client

There are three Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) not available through Imagine. However, [[Microsoft Office 2013#Comparison|Office Home & Student 2013]] or [[Office 365#Plans|Office 365]] University offers those at a discounted price for students. Unlike the programs listed above, there is no way to access similar older and compatible versions (2010, 2007) of Office for Word, Excel or PowerPoint under Imagine. Also, the only desktop operating system now avaliableavailable for download is Windows 10 Education.{{cncitation needed|date=May 2019}}

===Additional Benefits===