Windows 10: Windows 10 (x64) Education Edition - What is it?

Greetings...

My daughter comes home from college and tells me that she found a Microsoft website that will let her have Windows 10 Education Edition x64 for Free, since she is a student.

I just bought her a Dell Inspiron 5700 SSD laptop that came with Windows 10 Home.

She has an activation code to use in her Windows 10 Home update and security -> activation -> use key.

Question is, what will this give her? Pro features?
Will it hose her system with the apps and other things so carefully setup by dad?

Details on this Education release are sketchy and there is no Microsoft telephone number available, just to ask questions. Before I deep dive into the research, I figured that it would be a good idea ro ask here first about it.

She wants the features of Pro for her needs, including Virtualization.

Will this release screw-up her system (Dell branded OEM W10 Home) and give her the pro features she needs?

Any help appreciated, thanks.

*Confused

:)

 

Change from Windows 10 Education edition to Windows 10 Professional

Windows 10 Education is an academic edition of Windows 10 used in schools. Features like Cortana are removed because of the environment it is used in.

Windows 10 Pro Education builds on the commercial version of Windows 10 Pro and provides important management controls needed in schools. Windows 10 Pro Education is effectively a variant of Windows 10 Pro that provides education-specific default settings,
including the removal of Cortana1. These default settings disable tips, tricks and suggestions & Windows Store suggestions.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us...55&MSPPError=-2147217396#windows-10-education

If you want to downgrade to the Windows 10 Pro edition, you will need to perform a clean install and you will need a unique product key to install it. The Windows 10 Pro Edu or Windows 10 Education key will not activate Windows 10 Pro.

If you don't have a license for Windows 10 Pro, you will either need to request it from the institution you got Windows 10 Education; or you will have to purchase a license for Pro, then perform a clean install.

Step 1: Buy Windows 10 Home/Pro

Step 2: How to: Perform a clean install of Windows 10

 

Windows Education Issue

Are you have Windows 10 Education installed?

To find out if you have the right edition installed:

Click Start > Settings > Update & security > Activation > Edition.

If you don't have the right edition installed, you will need to download and install it.

Step 1:

Download Windows 10 Education ISO files

If you attend a college or university, your institution might provide you with the Education edition of Windows 10. If you are only provided with a license (product key), you can download the .ISO file from the Microsoft Download Academic Products website.

Go to the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/vlacademicISO





Scroll down then enter your Windows 10 Education product key, then click verify





Step 2: Create a bootable copy:

• How
  to Prepare Bootable Install Media for Windows 10 - DVD, USB or SD Card

Step 3: perform a clean install:

• How to: Perform a clean install of Windows 10

 

Windows 10 Pro Education Edition ISO?

Yeah, I'm well aware of that. No Product codes were listed for Pro Education last time I looked though. Or I'd be running it for a look see.