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WINTER 2015
• The best Windows 10 devices and apps
• Education licensing options
• Deployment and migration tips
Microsoft Windows 10 Upgrade Guide for Education
A comprehensive guide for Educators, School Administrators and IT Professionals
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Educators want to know: Is it time for Windows 10?
Welcome to the newest edition of our
Windows 10 migration guide, with special
features and information tailored to teachers
and IT professionals in Education.
We decided to revisit this guide, which we
first published in Fall 2015 to help schools
work through the most complicated aspects
of getting ready for Windows 10, including:
• Why schools should upgrade to Windows 10
• The best hardware options to fit your budget
• Features and apps teachers will love
• The licensing options available for Education
Read on to discover if Windows 10 is the right move for your school.
Introduction
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Overview
Section 1: Why Windows 10? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
• 5 reasons to seriously consider Windows 10
• Additional features
• Why Windows 10 rules the classroom
• A world of apps
Section 2: Powerful Hardware, Priced Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
• Windows 10 devices, starting at just CA$239
Section 3: Licensing Options and Upgrade Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
• Windows 10 Education edition
• Windows-As-a-Service
• Software update cycles
• End of Service packs
• How students can get Windows 10 for free
Section 4: Deployment Services and Training Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
• How to determine readiness
• Deployment options
• Training and resources for teachers
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Why Windows 10?
Should you upgrade to Windows 10? It’s a key question many school boards have been reviewing. To help you make an informed decision, let’s start with the top reasons why schools are upgrading to Windows 10.
5 Reasons To Seriously Consider Windows 10
1. One converged Windows platform behind it all
Windows 10 provides students and teachers with a platform for collaborating, exploring, and
getting things done. It enables engaging learning experiences to elevate student outcomes and
transform education. This platform comes in a range of leading Windows devices, so schools can
choose what best fits their budget. Management and deployment tasks have also been simplified
to help lower costs and fit your school’s needs.
2. Better learning outcomes
Windows 10 empowers teachers to create a dynamic learning environment that excites and inspires
students to learn and grow. Windows 10 is friendly and familiar, and supports a wide range of
learning peripherals and education apps, like Corinth Classroom and Kno Textbooks. Windows also
provides several tools like Microsoft Class Dashboard and OneNote Class Notebook, which enable
better collaboration and communication, and like Snap Assist and virtual desktops, to help teachers
stay organized and get more done. With Continuum, Windows 10 education apps and content adapt
to display seamlessly across a variety of devices, even as you transition from one to another.
3. Affordable devices and solutions
This is a big one for our Education clients. The latest Windows devices on the market inspire 21st
Century learning, but don’t force schools into a one-size fits-all device ecosystem. Windows 10
devices continue to provide more choices for all learning styles and price points; for example,
touch-first devices that help young students learn how to write with on-screen inking. Windows
is also committed to inspiring students with cutting-edge devices like Surface Hub and HoloLens.
4. Safety & Security
The last few years have seen an unpredicted increase in the number and severity of enterprise
security threats. Windows 10 goes beyond just building bigger walls and delivers entirely new ways
to help protect your teachers’ and students’ identities, data and devices. Features like Microsoft
Passport and Windows Hello make it easier than ever to deploy and use biometrics and multi-factor
authentication to strengthen identities. Windows 10 also delivers new ways to help protect
information from leaks or theft – critical in BYOD scenarios – and better ways to help protect
devices from damaging malware and inappropriate apps.
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Why Windows 10?
Additional features to note about Windows 10:
• Faster boot up and performance: Windows 10 starts up and resumes faster,
making the most out of your hardware, and making users happier too.
• Built-in security: Protects against viruses, phishing, malware, and spyware.
Regular updates protect you from the latest threats. Its built-in security is
designed to work with the software and hardware you already have.
• Windows Hello: No more passwords – the option to log in with facial
recognition or fingerprint instead. Coming soon to Canada.
• Cortana: The intelligent assistant comes to Windows, helping users execute
tasks such as taking notes and setting reminders using their voice.
• Gestures, voice and pen: Users will be able to use gestures, such as waving
their hand, to activate specific applications and accomplish small tasks.
Similarly, the OS works nicely with additional input such as pens and voice.
• Hardware options: Expect new form factors optimized for the converged touch
OS to come out in the months ahead.
5. Simplified Deployment & Management
Windows 10 helps schools reduce the cost and complexity historically associated with managing and deploying Windows devices.
With Windows-as-a-Service, school devices can always be up-to-date and secure, while deploying at the right pace for your school.
In-place upgrades and dynamic provisioning enables schools to leverage their existing devices, while simplified management and
deployment tools like Mobile Device Management take the complexity out of upgrading devices.
Additional Features
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Why Windows 10 Rules The ClassroomWhile the features outlined above are compelling, here are a few more that highlight why Windows 10 is a winner in the classroom.
1. The platform you never outgrow
• With the widest range of device choices, Windows devices can reach all grade levels.
• Windows tablets are great for consuming content for K-3 learning their ABCs.
• Windows laptops starting at CA$239, are great for creating content and collaborating Office 365.
• Windows laptops with increased storage and 2-in-1 devices that enable touch and pen input are important to run larger education
software, and supporting pen input
• With the same operating system across all form factors students don’t need to learn a new one as they move up in grades.
Why Windows 10?
K3 5-8 9-12 Beyond
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2. Thinking in ink
• Windows offers a premier inking experience across devices and applications that engage students and enhance their learning.
• Students and teachers can easily mark-up webpages using Microsoft Edge – the only built-in technology available for tablets and
PCs that lets you write or type directly on webpages.
Research shows students who diagram thinking with a pen, using an application like OneNote, score 25%-36% higher than those
who only use keyboard when solving science problems. (“Computer interfaces and their impact on learning” by Sharon Oviatt)
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Why Windows 10?
3. Compatibility king
Windows is compatible with the widest range of connected devices in the classroom, from printers, to cameras, and even digital
microscopes. It also works well with new educational resources, including websites running on Flash and interactive digital textbooks.
4. Collaborative learning on all devices
• Windows runs on the largest range of devices. Choose from web, mobile, and desktop versions of apps that allow for a dynamic
classroom, and encourage collaboration creativity, critical thinking and communication skills, such as OneNote, OneDrive and Office 365.
• Students can work on the same documents at the same time
within the same classroom, or from different parts of the world.
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5. Designed for all learning styles
Windows provides the right device for the right need. Our range of great devices and learning technologies allow teachers to reach
students with a range of learning styles and abilities.
• Kinetic learners can learn by doing using touch and pen input.
• Audio learners are supported as all audio files run on a Windows device.
• Solitary learners can unplug and sit in the library while continuing to consume and create content as Windows devices runs both online and offline.
Why Windows 10?
>> See even more reasons to upgrade here <<
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A World Of Apps For EducatorsThere are thousands of education apps in the Windows marketplace, from early learning games, to study aids and apps to help you manage the classroom - with more being added every day.
Here’s a sample of the categories and apps available for Windows 10:
Why Windows 10?
ART, DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY
Doodle Pad: a simple drawing application for all devices and ages
CLASSROOM TOOLS
My Homework: a planner app that helps students stay organized by tracking classes, assignments and tests
HISTORY
Back in Time: a stunning exploration of the history of our universe, Earth, life and civilization
LANGUAGE ARTS
English Club: a fun collection of classic word games like hangman and stories to help teach English to young children
EARLY LEARNING
Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham: an interactive experience of the classic story book
MUSIC
Piano Time: a full set of tools for touch devices, to enhance learning the piano
Find the perfect app for your specific needs.
Download a curated list of the
TOP 100 EDUCATION APPS HERE
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Windows 10 Devices, Starting At Just CA$239
You don’t need to sacrifice budget to take advantage of Windows 10, with an affordable lineup of devices for the classroom, including laptops, tablets and 2-in-1s starting at just CA$239.
Powerful Hardware, Priced Right
starting from $239Acer - Laptop - 11.6”
Aspire One Cloudbook 11Touch: No
starting from $269Lenovo - Laptop - 11.6”
IdeaPad 100sTouch: No
starting from $399 Asus - 2-in-1 Convertible - 11.6”
Transformer Book FlipTouch: Yes
starting from $259HP - Cloudbook - 11” or 13”
Stream 11 Touch: No
starting from $299 Dell - Notebook - 14” or 15.6”
Inspiron 14 3000 SeriesTouch: No
starting from $449Dell - 2-in-1 Convertible - 11.6”
Inspiron 11 3000 Series 2-in-1Touch: Yes
starting from $249 Toshiba - Tablet - 10”
Encore 2Touch: Yes
starting from $329Lenovo - Tablet - 10”
Ideapad MIIX 300Touch: Yes
starting from $499HP - Notebook - 11.6”
ProBook 11EETouch: No
Contact Softchoice for device recommendations, or to request a quote. 1.800.268.7638
*All prices in CA$
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Licensing Options and Upgrade Changes
Introducing New Licensing Options for Education
Unlike previous Windows operating systems, Windows 10 now
has licensing specifically for Education. The new Windows 10
Education includes all of the functionality of the Enterprise edition,
while allowing in-place upgrades from Windows 10 Home or Pro.
Windows 10 Education builds on Windows 10 Pro by adding
enterprise-grade features to address the advanced security and
comprehensive device control & management needs of today’s
educational institutions. It’s built to simplify deployment in the
education space, providing a direct path for many devices to
upgrade from Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro, without
the need to wipe and reload the OS. Windows 10 Education
will be made available through academic volume licensing.
Windows 10 Education includes Current Branch with programmatic
entitlements to Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 8.1 Enterprise
for customers desiring a previous version. MDOP is included as a
standard component of the Education offering, at no additional
cost, to help administrators manage their IT environments.
With Windows 10 Education, Student Use Benefit is a licensing
benefit of the EES, OVS-ES, and School programs. When institutions
license faculty and staff at full coverage, students are granted a
free upgrade to Education edition.
For more information on licensing options, see Page 14 of this guide.
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Windows-as-a-Service, Software Updates and the “End of Service Packs”
Microsoft is changing the way it delivers software updates with Windows 10. Security patches will continue regularly, as needed. But
instead of waiting years for new features and fixes to be bundled into massive “Service Packs,” Microsoft will release these regularly,
and more responsively, in a new approach they are dubbing “Windows-as-a-Service.” The new direction will ensure problems and
features are delivered faster and more efficiently than previously possible.
Windows-as-a-Service requires organizations to rethink how they deploy and upgrade Windows. It is no longer a project that happens
“every few years”; it is a continual process.
By combining these simpler methods (for example, in-place upgrade) with new techniques to deploy in phases to existing devices,
you can reduce the amount of effort required overall.
Is the end of Service Packs good or bad news?This depends on who you ask.
Many pundits applaud this change for ensuring the operating system can fix its errors faster. That said, it also potentially spells
trouble for larger businesses that require longer test and dev times of new releases to ensure application compatibility. So what
are they to do?
Frequency of Updates – On Autopilot or Manual?Microsoft still needs to address the concerns of larger organizations that are slower to adopt updates due to stability issues.
There are now three distinct paths you can select for receiving updates.
1. Automatic: As with consumer versions, all updates come immediately, without any input from IT or end user.
2. Short term, “Current Branch Release” (recommended by Microsoft for educational institutions): This enables you to hold back
updates until the timing is right in your semester. It gives you the opportunity to test out applications, and (most importantly) roll
out updates at a time that will have minimum impact on teachers and students.
3. Long Branch: Delay updates until your school is prepared to upgrade. You will need to purchase Software Assurance for this.
Note: Long Branch option not available with Windows 10 Education edition. You would need to use the LTSB bits in Windows 10
Enterprise. Consult with our Microsoft licensing experts for more info.
Licensing Options and Upgrade Changes
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Licensing Options for Educational Institutions The Academic Volume Licensing program that is best for you depends on the size and type of your institution, and how you
want to acquire Microsoft licenses and Online Services. There are two types of programs available: subscription and perpetual.
Licensing Options and Upgrade Changes
SUBSCRIPTION LICENSING
Subscription licensing allows you use the products that you
license—plus covered upgrades and downgrades—over the
licensing period. Subscription licensing is great for schools
that want:
• Access to the latest technology at the lowest upfront cost
• The convenience of counting people or computers
once per year
• Easy compliance by knowing all users or computers
are licensed for the year
• Automatic Software Assurance coverage
PERPETUAL LICENSING
Perpetual licensing allows you to purchase software licenses
so your organization has rights to the software after the
licensing term ends. Perpetual licensing is great for schools
that want:
• To own their software licenses
• Transactional-based purchases of licenses
in specific quantities
• Optional Software Assurance coverage
Compare programs
ENROLLMENT FOR EDUCATION SOLUTIONS
Program type and term length
Institution type
Institution size
Subscription
Primary and SecondarySchools and Districts
5-249 Computers
Perpetual
Higher Education
Agreement/Enrollment Term 1 or 3 years 1 or 3 years 2 years none none
SCHOOLENROLLMENT
OPEN LICENSEFOR ACADEMIC MPSA SELECT PLUS
FOR ACADEMIC
For a full comparison, including details on Software Assurance and other important options, click here
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How students can get Windows 10 for free!
If you license Windows 10 for faculty and staff at full coverage through an EES, OVS-ES, or School programs, students are granted
a free upgrade to the Windows 10 Education edition.
Learn more here.
Licensing Options and Upgrade Changes
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Deployment
If the time is right for an upgrade to Windows 10, understanding your options for implementing the new software is crucial. Picking
the wrong licensing and implementation path has proven costly for many institutions that didn’t have proper insight and methodology.
Readiness: How to determine if your environment is ready to deployUnderstanding if your environment is ready, and highlighting where your requirements fall short is the first step in making sure your
deployment goes smoothly. Microsoft offers an essential planning asset to get this process started, called the Microsoft Assessment
and Planning Toolkit, or MAPS.
This toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator
provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify the migration planning process.
After MAPS, your next task is designing and completing a Proof of Concept. With Windows 10, this has become easier with an option to
do an “in-place upgrade,” a far less disruptive tactic in imaging your new OS environment. At this stage you’ll want to focus on ap-
plication and Internet Explorer 11 compatibility, to ensure your existing applications and workflows can function unimpeded. Microsoft
is promising an exceptionally high rate of application compatibility, making this process relatively painless.
2 Steps to Windows 10 readiness1. Run the Microsoft Assessment Planning Toolkit
2. Complete a Proof of Concept, ensuring application compatibility
Deployment OptionsAbove we mentioned how easy In-Place Upgrades are with Windows 10. This is not the only path at your disposal. Deciding which
way to go will have different implications for your timelines, and planning, so take careful consideration at this stage.
Below are the options for deploying Windows 10, with details on which tools will be required for each one.
Wipe and Load (traditional process)
In-Place Upgrade *Provisioning
(Configure new devices)
• Capture data and settings• Deploy Windows 10 image• Inject Drivers• Install apps• Restore data and settings
• Preserve all data, settings, apps, drivers
• Install Windows 10 image• Restore Everything
• Apply a Provisioning Package to transform an out of box Windows 10 device into an Enterprise device
• Remove extra items, add organizational apps, adjust configuration
• Provisioning is NOT re-imaging, but rather applying Provisioning package to adjust Windows 10 as necessary
Tools: SCCM, MDT, WDS, and third party imaging tools
Tools: SCCM, MDT, WDS, third party imaging tools, Windows Update
Tools: Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (WICD)
* Recommended for existing Windows 7, 8, 8.1 devices
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Training and Resources for TeachersMicrosoft has rolled out a new Microsoft Educator
Community site designed to help over 1.5 million
teachers worldwide grow their professional
careers, collaborate with others, and prepare
their students for a technology-infused future.
Get TrainedStay current with the right mix of student-focused
technology, experiential learning, and virtual
collaboration to help your students learn and
grow. Find quick tip videos, online courses,
and other resources on how to use technology
in the classroom.
Find a LessonExplore lesson plans created by educators
and experts from across the globe. From
Creative Coding to the basics of Office,
there are hundreds of courses available
to meet your specific classroom needs.
Deployment
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This guide only scratches the surface of the questions you should answer before deciding on
Windows 10 upgrade. As a top Microsoft partner in North America, Softchoice has expertise in:
Contact Softchoice today to understand the best path forward with Windows 10 for your school.
Microsoft enterprise licensing
Data-driven assessments for objective
understanding of usage and needs
End-to-end deployment services, including
rolling out new devices
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Softchoice is a leading North American services and solutions provider, offering professional services, procurement and architecture excellence to help academic institutions unleash their potential through technology. With a loaded bench of Microsoft technical experts, we are the leading Enterprise Agreement reseller in the United States and Canada, and we offer a series of non-biased data-driven assessments to help schools chart the best path for their needs.