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Azure for Education

Elevate innovation in education with Microsoft Azure

Power your school with Microsoft Azure, an AI-driven, digitally secure, cloud platform that enables flexible solutions to enhance learning experiences, streamline operations, and save time to focus on what matters most—preparing students for the future.
BENEFITS

Inspire limitless innovation with a secure and efficient all-in-one cloud platform

  • Use the power of AI with Azure to provide personalized student learning experiences, streamline administrative tasks with Microsoft Copilot, and help secure data on a reliable platform.
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  • Streamline and centralize your institution's data and analytics to boost collaboration, help protect sensitive data, and turn insights into action.
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  • Accelerate research at scale with a robust, cloud-based technology environment that maximizes innovation and learning, all while backed by built-in, world-class cybersecurity.
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SOLUTIONS

Explore Azure AI and data solutions

Azure AI Services

Build your own custom copilot to create intelligent experiences across campus.

Azure AI Studio

Develop, use, and govern AI solutions responsibly with Azure AI Studio.

Microsoft Fabric

Give your data teams all the tools they need in a unified experience within a single AI-powered platform.

Azure Backup

Simplify, secure, and scale your data protection seamlessly with a centralized backup service to ensure swift recovery from disruptions or data loss.

Azure Arc

Secure, manage, and modernize your IT resources across hybrid and multi-cloud environments with Azure Arc.

Azure Virtual Desktop

Provide secured remote desktops and apps to employees. Simplify management of your virtualized desktop and app environment with Azure Virtual Desktop.

Students do more with Azure

Discover the free resources available to students and get them started on building apps, learning with big data sets, exploring AI applications, and other hands-on learning experiences.
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Start your students with $100 Azure credit

Students can build in the cloud for free with Azure for Students. They can use an eligible university or school email to sign up and receive $100 in credit, renewable each year the user is still a student. Plus, they can take advantage of free products (some are always free to all Azure customers, and some are free for 12 months to new customers only).
Try Azure

Get started with Azure today

Get immediate access to the full suite of Azure products and features by signing up for a free Azure account. Our experts can also help you customize Azure for your needs and advise on deployment and management.
School stories

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Frequently asked questions

  • Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that offers services such as computing, analytics, storage, and networking to support the creation and management of applications. Azure tools and services enable K-12 and higher education institutions to enhance teaching and learning experiences, facilitate research, and offer a scalable and secure IT infrastructure. Learn more.
  • Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the internet to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. Learn more
  • With a highly secure cloud foundation managed by Microsoft, Azure provides multilayered, built-in security controls and unique threat intelligence to help identify and protect against rapidly evolving cyberthreats. Learn more
  • Start with Azure Fundamentals, an online training series exploring basic cloud concepts. Get a streamlined overview of Azure services and practical exercises to deploy your first service. Start learning
  • The Azure Well-Architected Framework offers proven best practices, guidance, and resources to help you make informed decisions about cloud workload design, technology, and implementation. Learn more
  • Azure global infrastructure is both the physical infrastructure and the connective network components. The physical component includes 300+ physical datacenters, linked by one of the largest interconnected networks on the planet. Together, these components keep data entirely within the trusted Microsoft network and IP traffic never enters the public internet.
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Blog

Business continuity and disaster recovery for on-premises workloads in Microsoft Azure Cloud

Explore how you can effectively utilize Microsoft Azure Cloud services to comprehensively plan and orchestrate your disaster recovery strategy.
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Protect educational data with Azure

Learn about Microsoft services that enable schools and institutions to securely backup data and restore applications and infrastructure in case of a breach.
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Study

Improving student outcomes with Azure OpenAI Service

Learn how your school can leverage Azure OpenAI Service to streamline operations, empower educators, and enhance student outcomes, such as improved graduation and employment rates.1
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    Improving Educational Outcomes With Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, a Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ study commissioned by Microsoft, July 2024.

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